| 单词 | on its last legs |
| 释义 | on its last legsSomething that is onitslastlegsis in suchbadconditionthat it willsoonbeunabletoworkas it should: 快用坏了，快用到头了I've had thislaptopfor fiveyearsnow, and it's really onitslastlegs.这个笔记本电脑我已经用了5年了，现在的确是快要报废了。 In bad condition
on its last legs| American Dictionaryon its last legsweakor in verybadcondition: Mycaris onitslastlegs, but I'lldriveit until it won't go anyfarther. Examplesofon its last legson its last legs We are starting from a long way back with renewables and the coal industry, sadly, seems to beonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The tree was of courseonitslastlegs! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not an industry that isonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1893, when agriculture wasonitslastlegs, there was a stable currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It wasonitslastlegsthen, and one hoped that the gesture might help, but it died out in 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thankfully, it isonitslastlegsand new provision is being made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We live in a society which, capitalistically, isonitslastlegsthroughout the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not do to go about talking as if the industry wereonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Autocracy of that kind isonitslastlegseverywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone is well aware that the common agricultural policy isonitslastlegs. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Despite that, our critics say that the privatisation programme isonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The hop industry is more or lessonitslastlegs, and it is important that something should be done without delay to help it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The reaction was so strong because everyone knew that this plant was notonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His business wasonitslastlegs, and once he retired he would be left with no house, no business, no capital—nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the industry agrees that induced pricing and the allocation system isonitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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