这栋破烂的老房子不适合人居住.The broken - down old house was not fit for human habitation.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷.Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他穿着一件破烂的外套.He was wearing a tattered coat....

“破烂的”的英语可以翻译为：junk，ragged，ratty，scrap，rubbishy ...