1. The widespread assumption is that the Democrats will nevertheless form a ramshackle coalition. 一个流传开来的假定是：民主党将组建一个摇摇晃晃的联盟。
2. Crack is sold openly in several neighborhoods of Bluefields, where groups of young men waiting for customers stand in front of ramshackle houses. 现在布鲁非德邻近的几个地方，有人公开贩售纯古柯碱，年轻男性成群站在摇摇欲坠的房屋前等著顾客上门。
3. A "non-citizen" of law-abiding Estonia may enjoy more state protection than a subject of some ramshackle place where state power is either absent or murderous. 生活在遵纪守法的爱沙尼亚的“非公民”要比生活在一个国家权力要么缺席要么残暴的地方受到更多的国家保护。
