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

• 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。
• She was completely washed up with her husband.
  她同她丈夫一刀两断了。
• But in reality it can cause serious injury, when broken glass is washed up on the beach.
  但在现实生活中，如果这些碎玻璃被冲到海滩上来，有可能会造成严重的伤害。
• 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。
• We all washed up after dinner.
  饭后我们大家一起洗碗。
• It's about a washed up pro-wrestler trying to make a comeback.
  这是一个冲到了亲摔跤试图东山再起。
• 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。
• After that performance, john is all washed up as a singer.
  在那场演出后，约翰作为歌唱家是彻底完蛋了。
• 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。
• The things had been washed up by the sea.
  这些东西都是海水冲上来的。