
处境艰难
贫困潦倒
Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
他最后不但没有坐牢或流落贫民窟,反而还非常成功。
The gill flaps opened like two gash wounds on the sides of its head as it thrashed helplessly in the gutter.
当它无助地在水沟里挣扎时,鳃瓣张开,犹如在它头部两侧切开了两道深深的伤口。
He lamented how Indian captains were made idols and then thrown in the gutter by the public; the habit took off with him.
他为印度队长如何成为偶像,然后被公众“扔进排水沟”而悲伤;这个习性拖累了他。
He was lying in the gutter.
他躺在排水沟里。
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
雨在水沟里汇成流动的小溪
“in the gutter”是英语中常见的习语,包含字面与比喻两层含义。从字面意义看,它指“在排水沟中”,例如描述物体掉落至街道旁的排水槽:“The coins rolled into the gutter”(硬币滚进了排水沟)。
在比喻层面,该短语多用于形容人或事物处于道德、社会或经济上的低谷状态。牛津词典将其定义为“堕落的生存状态或低劣的社会地位”,例如描述酗酒者:“He ended up in the gutter after years of addiction”(多年成瘾后他堕入了社会底层)。文学作品中,奥斯卡·王尔德在《道林·格雷的画像》中写道“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”,此处“in the gutter”象征人性困境,而“仰望星空”代表对理想的追求。
社会文化研究中,该短语常关联贫困、犯罪等议题。例如《卫报》曾用“Policies leaving families in the gutter”(政策使家庭陷入贫困)批判社会福利削减现象。在心理学领域,该表达也被借喻为“心理健康危机”,如《心理学今日》杂志用“Mental health services shouldn’t leave patients in the gutter”强调医疗资源不足的问题。
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“in the gutter”是一个英语短语,其含义需结合语境理解,主要分为以下两类:
注意:具体含义需结合上下文判断,比喻用法多含贬义。如需更多例句或扩展,可参考权威词典(如海词词典 或新东方在线词典)。
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