单词high and dry
na.: 陷于困境；(船)搁浅；过时
网络: 孤立无援；处于痛苦之中的；处于困境
落伍
搁浅
孤单单的一个人
痛快的
adv.helplessin the lurchstrandedabandoneddestitute
But we have learnt from the Lehman collapse and know not to leave the sector high and dry when a systemic institution fails.
但我们已从雷曼破产中吸取了教训，明白当可影响全局的金融机构破产时，不要让整个行业处于孤立无援的境地。
As a wireless-only operator, Vodafone could find itself high and dry if convergence does indeed prove to be the next big thing.
如果融合真的被证明是电信业的大势所趋，那么，在未来对于只经营无线业务的沃达丰公司来说将会大祸临头。
But when it came time to clean up the mess, all the guests left in a hurry and Sally was left high and dry, to do all the work by herself.
但是，等到要收拾残局的时候，所有的客人都匆忙地走了，就剩下萨利一个人来干这些活。
Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry.
玛丽本担心她搁浴巾的地方潮水会溅到，但是她后来发现它并没有溅湿。
The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.
财都拿走了，撇下他自己的外祖母一人无依无靠。
She got angry at me and left me high and dry on the side of the street.
她对我生气了，甩头就走，把我丢在街道上不管。
Europe could hoard flu vaccines, leaving the U. S. , which has only one manufacturing plant, high and dry.
欧洲秘密储存猪流感疫苗，而抛下只有一家生产工厂的美国，不闻不问。
The TGP is scheduled to expire at the end of this year, leaving solar projects high and dry.
TGP预计今年年底就到期了，届时太阳能发电项目将再次陷入无助的困境。
Zune is much more controversial, however, because Microsoft"s pre-existing hardware and service partners are left high and dry.
可是相比之下，Zune引来的争议就要多得多了，因为在这一产品上，微软把之前的硬件和服务伙伴都抛弃了。
It seems that I"ve been left high and dry and have to do all the work by myself.
看来，我是没办法了，只好自己来做一切了。