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。
• 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。
• Halfthe ocean washed up in there last night.
  昨晚一半的海水都冲到这里来了。
• So, I also picked up a pair of shorts washed up.
  于是，我又拿起一条短裤洗了起来。
• She was completely washed up with her husband.
  她同她丈夫一刀两断了。
• 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。
• Two whales have been washed up on the beach.
  两条鲸被冲到海滩上。
• 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。
• 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。