He was a poet of a sort.

他是一蹩脚的诗人。

He is a poet of a kind.

他是蹩脚的诗人。

A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.

蹩脚的工匠总是埋怨自己的工具不好。

How could the critics praise such a rhymer?

评论家们赞扬这样一蹩脚的诗人？

He is a poor speaker.

他是一蹩脚的演讲者。

The poor performance fell flat.

蹩脚的表演彻底失。

Who could have ever expected that a dragoon would drink sixpenny ale, smoke horrid bird's-eye tobacco, and let his wife wear a shabby bonnet?

料到一龙骑兵会喝六便士一瓶的啤酒，抽蹩脚得可怕的鸟眼牌烟草，会让他的妻子戴一顶破破烂烂的帽子啊？”