ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]荒废的;破旧失修的;衣衫褴褛的;穷困潦倒的 Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money. 荒废的;破旧失修的;衣衫褴褛的;穷困潦倒的
...a down-at-heel disco in central East Berlin.
在东柏林中心地区的一家破旧的迪斯科舞厅
...a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner.