1. (衣服、书等)破烂的，破旧的
If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time.

2. 损坏严重的;一败涂地的
If you describe something as tattered, you mean that it has been badly damaged or has failed completely.

1. ruined or disrupted

e.g. our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity
a tattered remnant of its former strength
my torn and tattered past

Synonym: shattered

2. worn to shreds
or wearing torn or ragged clothing

e.g. a man in a tattered shirt
the tattered flag
tied up in tattered brown paper
a tattered barefoot boy
a tatterdemalion prince

Synonym: tatterdemalion