| 词汇 | washed-up |
| 释义 | washed up adjective uk /ˌwɒʃt ˈʌp/ us /ˌwɑːʃt ˈʌp/ If you are washed up, you are no longer successful and you have no chance of success in the future: （工作）不会再有成功的希望的，没有前途的 The tragedy of being a dancer is that you're all washed up by the time you're 35.当一个舞蹈演员的悲哀就在于，到了35岁你的事业就都结束了。 [ before noun ]a bunch of washed-up celebrities一群光环不再的明星 not achieving wealth, popularity, or success unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer. failedShe was a failed singer. frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director. strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film. on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes. Unsuccessful (people and things) abortive abortively achiever be dead in the wateridiom bootless fruitlessly fruitlessness frustrated futile futilely on the rocksidiom on the ropesidiom redemption rope small-time unviable up and downidiom vain vainly you and whose army?idiom washed-up | American Dictionarywashed-up adjective[ not gradable ] infmlus/ˈwɑʃtˈʌp, ˈwɔʃt-/ no longer suitable for or able to do what you did in the past: a washed-up comic Examples of washed upwashed up We are dealing with a washed-up relic of an idea from the last decade that has outlived its usefulness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rips and marks on the bodies of washed-up carcases are evidence of the horrific final minutes of one of humankind's closest relatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Word of the discovery and mystery of the washed-up creature spread and many people came to see the carcass. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He ended his career on a dismal losing streak, and was washed-up by age 22. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I'd rather be a beginner that's on fire than be a washed-up veteran. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jaworski belabored with marginal players and washed-up veterans in trying to earn respectability during this period. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Name the washed-up director and interfering actress who will be dead in a matter of minutes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Divers on the southside of the atoll in the path of the tsunami were later found washed-up 100 mi away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is simply a washed-up actor who decides to be a costumed criminal for a living. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Residents gather on the beach to throw oranges and lemons, in reference to the washed-up cargo, and prizes are given for the longest throws. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dingoes in coastal regions regularly patrol the coast for dead fish, seals, penguins and other washed-up birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The wreck was discovered in the 1970s when portions of it washed ashore (reports indicate that some of the washed-up debris had been used for beach campfires). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The film is about a washed-up rock singer who makes a deal with a mysterious doctor who promises to return his voice to its prime, with horrifying consequences. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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