今日单词:
单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
irretrievable | 无法挽回的(形容词) | (adjective) Impossible to correct, to find again, or to recover | EXAMPLE: The novelist suffered an irretrievable loss when a fire destroyed the only copy of the new book he was writing. 大火烧毁了这位小说家正在撰写的新作的唯一抄本,给他造成了无法挽回的损失。 |
今日短语:
短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
to be circling the drain | 日薄西山 | Describing a project or business that is failing, but has not closed yet (as when something floating in water circles the drain before it goes down the pipe) | EXAMPLE: When people started using personal computers to write letters, it wasn't long before most old typewriter repair shops were circling the drain. 人们开始用个人电脑写信后,老式打字机修理店不久就日薄西山了。 |