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

• 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。
• I feel all washed up.
  我感到精疲力竭了。
• Halfthe ocean washed up in there last night.
  昨晚一半的海水都冲到这里来了。
• We all washed up after dinner.
  饭后我们大家一起洗碗。
• Their marriage was washed up long ago.
  他的婚姻关系早已结束了。
• 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。
• The things had been washed up by the sea.
  这些东西都是海水冲上来的。
• 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。
• The animals like this that are out in the open ocean and we don't see them washed up.
  这样的动物都分散在广阔的海洋上，我们没有看到它们被冲到岸边。
• I ran some hot water and washed up
  我放了一些热水把餐具洗了。