Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.

他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。

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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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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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Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Ford won't be left entirely high and dry if tastes trend back to bigger cars.

FORBES: Magazine Article

As ASUS always does, we're left high and dry when it comes to pricing and availability.

ENGADGET: ASUS gets official with P835 WVGA smartphone

Europe has been left high and dry, with neither a plan nor a strategy.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | EU's 'Waterloo' summit angers press