1.Awaiting them was a small number of English war ships and on land an English militia, a ragtag army of about 10,000 untrained and poorly armed men.
英国只有少量战船，陆上是一支约10，000人的民兵武装，不但武器很差，而且也未经训练。
2.Mr Gladstone, in fact, is tired of being in the office.The pleasure of leading the ragtag and bobtail proves but so-so, compared with the pleasure of commanding the House of Commons.
格拉斯东先生事实上对在野生活已感厌烦。领导下层群众的乐趣远不及在下议院中当领袖的快乐。
3.In Congo, the UN is doing its best to hold the ring between several rival ragtag armies.
在刚果，联合国正竭尽全力地遏制一些组织涣散叛军的争斗。
