0 (especially of cloth or paper) badly torn -- (尤指布料或紙張)破爛的,破舊的
The flag was tattered and threadbare. 這面旗破爛不堪。
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。