ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 穷困潦倒的;无家可归的 If you describe someone as down-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation. 穷困潦倒的;无家可归的 [British]
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...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter.
关于一个穷困潦倒的广告文案的短篇故事
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He looked unshaven, shabby, and down-and-out.
他看上去胡子拉碴、衣衫褴褛、穷困潦倒。
SYN destitute, ruined, impoverished, derelict
Down-and-out is also a noun.
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...some poor down-and-out in need of a meal.
一些饥肠辘辘、无家可归的穷人
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They are both down-and-outs, sleeping under the city's oldest bridge.
他俩都是无家可归的人，露宿在城市最古老的桥下。