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。
• Just last year, workers at Nder washed up to400 tons of coffee and exported up to80 tons.
  仅去年一年，工人们就清洗了400吨咖啡，其中，出口量高达80吨。
• After an ordinary day at the office I feel completely washed up.
  在办公室是熬过了平凡的一天后，我精疲力竭了。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the storm, there was a lot of driftwood washed up on the shore.
  暴风雨过后，许多杂物被冲上了岸。
• Their marriage was washed up long ago.
  他的婚姻关系早已结束了。
• She was completely washed up with her husband.
  她同她丈夫一刀两断了。
• I feel all washed up.
  我感到精疲力竭了。
• 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。