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

• 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。
• The things had been washed up by the sea.
  这些东西都是海水冲上来的。
• Two whales have been washed up on the beach.
  两条鲸被冲到海滩上。
• She was completely washed up with her husband.
  她同她丈夫一刀两断了。
• 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。
• I ran some hot water and washed up
  我放了一些热水把餐具洗了。
• Halfthe ocean washed up in there last night.
  昨晚一半的海水都冲到这里来了。
• 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。
• Overnight the sea had washed up a lot of rubbish.
  一夜之间海水把许多垃圾冲上了岸。
• Her singing career was all washed up by the time she was27.
  她到27岁时歌唱生涯就告终了。