high and dry
基本解释
- 搁浅；孤立无援；处于困境
英汉例句
- Most scientists think East Antarctica is stable, because it is high and dry, meaning a temperature rise of a few degrees will cause no melting.
大多数科学家认为南极东部是稳定的，因为那里高而干燥，几度的温度升高不会导致融化。 - So high and dry is Paranal in Chile, and so clear its night skies, that the European Southern Observatory set up its aptly named Very Large Telescope in the area...
智力的帕拉纳高又干燥，而夜空十分清晰，为此南欧天文台在此设下了名副其实的“很大天文望远镜”…… - Don't wait until outsourcing leaves you high and dry; take steps now to plan for contingencies.
不要等到外包让你处境艰难时才着急；从现在开始便采取措施以防意外。 - 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.
- 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 - Some actors will refuse to approve their likeness, which leaves you high and dry.
FORBES: 'Game Of Thrones' Deserves A Better Class Of Video Game
双语例句
原声例句
权威例句
词组短语
- I 'm high up and dry 我干悬在空中
- carry high and dry 戏弄
- be left high and dry 单独支撑局面
- Radiohead - High And Dry 电台司令
- high in altitude and dry 地势高