He was a poet of a sort.

他是一蹩脚。

He is a poet of a kind.

他是蹩脚。

A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.

蹩脚工匠总是埋怨自己工具不好。

How could the critics praise such a rhymer?

评论家们怎么能赞扬这样一蹩脚？

He is a poor speaker.

他是一蹩脚。

The poor performance fell flat.

蹩脚表彻底失败了。

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?

谁能料到一龙骑兵会喝六便士一瓶啤酒，抽蹩脚得可怕鸟眼牌烟草，会让他妻子戴一顶破破烂烂帽子啊？”