high and dry
常見例句
- Most scientists think East Antarctica is stable, because it is high and dry, meaning a temperature rise of a few degrees will cause no melting.
大多數(shù)科學家認為南極東部是穩(wěn)定的,因為那里高而干燥,幾度的溫度升高不會導致融化。 - So high and dry is Paranal in Chile, and so clear its night skies, that the European Southern Observatory set up its aptly named Very Large Telescope in the area...
智力的帕拉納高又干燥,而夜空十分清晰,為此南歐天文臺在此設下了名副其實的“很大天文望遠鏡”…… - Don't wait until outsourcing leaves you high and dry; take steps now to plan for contingencies.
不要等到外包讓你處境艱難時才著急;從現(xiàn)在開始便采取措施以防意外。 - Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.
- Ford won't be left entirely high and dry if tastes trend back to bigger cars.
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