柯林斯英汉双解大词典
down-and-out TEM8
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ADJ If you describe someone as down-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation. 穷困潦倒的
例：...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter.
…一篇关于一个穷困潦倒的广告撰稿人的短篇小说。
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Nick's mom has turned her home into a halfway house for down-and-out relatives and stray dogs.
尼克的妈妈把她的家变成了收留落难亲属和流浪狗的收容所。
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People should lend him a helping hand; he's really down and out.
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。
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Right now the poor guy is really down and out.
现在，可怜的旦尼尔真是处于穷困潦到的境况。
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And I believe him. Why,I have seen him set Dan'l Webster down here on this floor--Dan'l Webster was the name of the frog and sing out, "Flies,Dan'l,flies!"
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One by one he subdued his father's trees By riding them down over and over again Until he took the stiffness out of them - And not one but hung limp, not one was left for him to conquer.
他一株一株地征服他父亲的树,一次又一次地把它们骑在胯下,直到把树的倔强劲儿完全制服：,一株又一株都垂头丧气地低下来。
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Let me come down hazardously off this stage, and figure out-- Let's get the mics up a bit for a second, we can get some mics ready.
我先走下讲台看看各位,麻烦准备好麦克风
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