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词典释义:
the bottom of the barrel
时间: 2024-02-09 12:40:22
英 [ðə ˈbɒtəm ɒv ðə ˈbar(ə)l]
美 [ði ˈbɑdəm əv ði ˈbɛrəl]

退而求其次;起用剩下的次等人才

双语例句
  • Scraping the bottom of the barrel , huh ? - yes , sir.

    使出最后一招了,哈?-是,长官。

  • 'Oil' is at the bottom of the barrel, not any love for those specks of an islands.

    问题的关键是“石油”,而非对星星散落岛屿的热爱。

  • They must have scraped the bottom of the barrel when chose her to fill that position.

    他们选用她担任这项职务,想必是穷途之策了.

  • With a median hourly wage of $15.51, being a high-flying roofer is still near the bottom of the barrel.

    每小时工资15.51美元,站在高处的人,薪资水平却在底部。

  • With a median hourly wage of $15. 51, being a high-flying roofer is still near the bottom of the barrel.

    每小时工资15.51美元,站在高处的人,薪资水平却在底部。

  • Though his investment in the stock-index option suffered heavy losses, it is far away from the stage to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

    虽然他在股指期权上的投资损失惨重,但还远远没到使出最后招数以求一博的地步。

  • Though his investment in the stock- index option suffered heavy losses , it is far away from the stage to scrape the bottom of the barrel .

    虽然他在股指期权上的投资损失惨重,但还远远没到使出最后招数以求一博的地步。

  • To pass the time, I’d play a game by trying to cover the bottom of the barrel with corks I drilled before the foreman came along to empty it out.

    为了打发时间,我自己发明了一个游戏,在领班过来取软木塞前将装木塞的桶底用木塞塞得满满当当的。

释义

informal be reduced to using things or people of the poorest quality because there is nothing else available

〈非正式〉退而求其次;起用剩下的次等人才(或物资)。

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