on the ropes 的定义
- On the verge of defeat or collapse, helpless, as in They acknowledged that their campaign was on the ropes, and they could not possibly win the election. This expression, alluding to a boxer forced back to the ropes of the ring and leaning against them for support, has been used figuratively since the mid-1900s.
on the ropes 近义词
等同于 enervated
on the ropes 的近义词 33 个
- debilitated
- deteriorated
- devitalized
- enfeebled
- fatigued
- incapacitated
- languishing
- limp
- paralyzed
- prostrate
- sapped
- spent
- tired
- undermined
- unnerved
- vitiated
- weakened
- done in
- feeble
- gone to seed
- lackadaisical
- languid
- languorous
- listless
- out of condition
- out of gas
- out of shape
- run-down
- rusty
- soft
- spiritless
- washed out
- weak
on the ropes 的反义词 11 个
更多on the ropes例句
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- Below the round thing hung a square basket, with many ropes, and other things, fast to it.
- Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
- I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.