washed up

英 [ˌwɒʃt ˈʌp]

美 [ˌwɑːʃt ˈʌp]

adj.  (事业等)告吹的; 完蛋

牛津词典

adj.

• （事业等）告吹的；完蛋
  no longer successful and unlikely to succeed again in the future
  1. Her singing career was all washed up by the time she was 27.
     她到27岁时歌唱生涯就告终了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 彻底失败的;事业到头的
  If you say that someone iswashed up, you mean that their career or success has ended.
  1. He's all washed up, but he still yells at everyone.
     他彻底完蛋了，但仍旧对每个人大吼大叫。

双语例句

• Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm
  每次暴风雨过后海滩上都会留下数不尽的鲱鱼和螃蟹。
• Last night's tide washed up some quite beautiful shells.
  昨晚的潮水冲上来一些相当漂亮的贝壳。
• We all washed up after dinner.
  饭后我们大家一起洗碗。
• This beach goes on for hundreds of miles, and thousands of starfish get washed up every day!
  你在做什么？这个海滩有数百英里长，每天都会有成千上万只海星冲上岸！
• I ran some hot water and washed up
  我放了一些热水把餐具洗了。
• Birds were picking over the rubbish washed up on the beach.
  鸟儿们仔细挑啄着被冲上沙滩的垃圾。
• Let me tell you, boy, you're all washed up in this company!
  我告诉你吧，小子，你在这个公司里一点儿奔头也没有了。
• The boat was washed up on this beach after being torn from its moorings by a storm.
  小船被暴风雨刮离泊地后，被冲到了这块海滩上。
• What did you do before dinner, Billy? I washed up before dinner.
  比利，晚饭前你做了什么？晚饭前我先洗了洗。
• Big logs are washed up every day on the West coast.
  每天波涛将许多大原木冲到西岸上。