英语词汇on the ropes怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

on the ropes

idiominformal

doingbadlyandlikelytofail:

处于困境；即将失败，即将完蛋

Ithinkthebusinessisfinallyon theropes.我觉得这家企业最终要垮掉了。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not achieving wealth, popularity, or success

unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer.
failedShe was a failed singer.
frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director.
strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film.
on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes.

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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unsuccessful (people and things)

abortive
achiever
be dead in the wateridiom
botched
counterproductive
flatline
frustrated
futile
go/get/head nowhereidiom
inauspicious
lame duck
rope
small-time
small-timer
stillborn
struggling
unavailing
vain
vainly
washed up

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on the ropes| American Dictionary

on the ropes

idiom

inserioustroubleorlikelytofail:

For a while,ourbusinesswas on theropes.

单词	on the ropes
释义	on the ropes idiominformal doingbadlyandlikelytofail: 处于困境；即将失败，即将完蛋 Ithinkthebusinessisfinallyon theropes.我觉得这家企业最终要垮掉了。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples not achieving wealth, popularity, or success unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer. failedShe was a failed singer. frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director. strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film. on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unsuccessful (people and things) abortive achiever be dead in the wateridiom botched counterproductive flatline frustrated futile go/get/head nowhereidiom inauspicious lame duck rope small-time small-timer stillborn struggling unavailing vain vainly washed up See more results » (Definition ofon the ropesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) on the ropes\| American Dictionary on the ropes idiom inserioustroubleorlikelytofail: For a while,ourbusinesswas on theropes. (Definition ofon the ropesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/on-the-ropes##
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