the riffraff

基本解释

Very little was given to his crime, but it was there, several "sticks" in all, among all the riffraff of telegraphed murders, accidents, marriages, and other news.
关于他的罪行的报道极少，但还是有，一共就那么寥寥几行，夹在那些乱七八糟的关于各地谋杀、车祸、结婚以及其它消息的电讯报道之中。
He would entertain there the factor of Taiohae, captains of wandering traders, and all the best of the South Pacific riffraff.
他要在那儿宴请泰欣黑的商务代办、往来的商船船长和南太平洋流浪汉中的头面人物。
These people give me the creeps. Riffraff!
这些人使我起鸡皮疙瘩。真是一群痞子！

The riffraff in their midst felt a gluttonous craving; and then the Israelites wept and said, 'If only we had meat to eat!
这些乌合之众是贪食者;,然后犹太人边哭边说，“要是有肉吃就好了！
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Here, they were protected from the riffraff, the neighborhood, even from Mother Nature, in the form of floods or biting insects.
NEWYORKER: Shauntrelle
Still, when the professors saw one another at the staff club or at church or at a faculty meeting, they were careful to moan about the riffraff from town coming onto their sacred campus to steal.
NEWYORKER: Cell One
In town there was a professional summer theatre, a new thing at the time, which some people were enthusiastic about and others worried about, fearing that it would bring in riffraff.
NEWYORKER: Gravel