high and dry
无助的
常用释义
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基本释义
- 无助的，被抛弃的：指处于无法得到帮助或被遗弃的境地。
- 干地，不受水淹：指处于水流或潮汐无法触及的地方。
例句
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1·Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.声誉好些的学校将会收到大量申请，而差些的学校则将陷入困境。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·The depression left his business high and dry.不景气使他的生意陷入困境。
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4·Your dry cleaner won't leave you high and dry.你的干洗店绝不会让你失望的。
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5·Tom took all the money and left me high and dry.汤姆把所有的钱都拿走了，使我陷于困境。
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6·I mean, I don't want to leave you high and dry.我的意思是，我不想离开你高和干燥。
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7·Tom's took all the money and left me high and dry.汤姆把所有的钱都拿走了，使我陷于困境。
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8·Here I sit high and dry-no food, no money, no nothing.在这儿我孤立无援——没有食物，没有钱，一无所有。
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9·When the work got hard, Bob found himself high and dry.工作艰苦起来了，鲍勃发现自己处于孤立无援的境地。
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10·I always feel I'm felt high and dry with nobody to rely on.我经常感到自己孤独无助，没有人可以信赖。