I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit, And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Dean, ragged in a moth-eaten overcoat he bought specially for the freezing temperatures of the East, walked off alone and the last I saw of him he rounded the corner of Seventh Avenue, eyes on the street ahead and bent to it again.

狄恩穿着一件被虫蛀过的破大衣,这是他特意带来防备东部寒冷气候的，孤独地走了，我最后看到他徘徊在,7号大街的转角，眼望前方，然后转身消失了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The highway was ragged with filling stations and trailer camps and roadhouses.

高速公路上零零落落地,散布着一些加油站、,拖车营地和小旅馆。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of That Ragged Old Flag."

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Their yell at the top of the world seems to Sal something that calls for a replacement; it calls for some other prophet to come walking ragged towards them and make them fall silent with his word.

他们在世界之巅的叫喊对Sal来说,似乎是在要求一个代替者;,需要另一个先知衣衫褴褛地朝他们走来,用他的话让他们安静。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

On second thought I do like to brag 'Cause I'm mighty proud of That Ragged Old Flag."

VOA: special.2010.07.02

"Ragged Old Flag" tells a story from the American flag's point of view.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

"It plays into the narrative that they are trying to construct for the population they are appealing to of this ragged band of brave individuals fighting the mighty power that is oppressing their society.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19