down-and-out

英语专业八级

down-and-out 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 落魄的, 潦倒的

英文释义

n. a person who is destitute

s. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

down-and-out 的真实例句

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As for why we’re so down-and-out, according to Infurna, upstream factors like public policy, intermediary factors like career stressors, and downstream, individual-level factors like interpersonal relationships all play a role.

—— Why Middle-Aged Americans Are in Crisis

The reason Garrison was such a prized witness was that he straddled both ends of the conspiracy, liaising between down-and-out passengers and their felonious attorneys; he was the linchpin of the entire operation.

—— New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy

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