in a rut

原地踏步停滞不前一成不变陷入困境

in a rut 的定义

  1. In a settled or established habit or course of action, especially a boring one. For example, We go to the seashore every summer—we're in a rut, or After ten years at the same job she says she's in a rut. This expression alludes to having a wheel stuck in a groove in the road. [Early 1800s]

in a rut 近义词

in a rut

等同于 rightist

in a rut

等同于 traditionalist

in a rut

等同于 traditionalistic

in a rut

等同于 conservative

in a rut

等同于 customary

更多in a rut例句

  1. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  2. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  3. Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
  4. Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
  5. Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
  6. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  7. He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
  8. All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
  9. Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
  10. The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.