关键词讲解:
go to the dogs与狗为伍,堕落,沉沦,沦落,毁灭,衰败,
例1:
此人开始酗酒和赌博以后,就堕落了。
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking and gambling.
例2:
自从彼得吸上了海洛因,他很快失去了工作,妻子也走了----我从来没有见过一个人堕落得如此之快。
Ever since Peter got hooked on heroin, he soon lost his job and his wife----I never saw a man to the dogs so fast.
注:get hooked on(鱼等)被钩住,上瘾
例3:
几个得力的运动员一受伤,这个队就一败涂地了。
The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt.
例4:
等到金子都淘光了,这些城镇一下子就被人遗弃,彻底完蛋了。
As soon as the gold was all gone, these towns went to the dogs almost overnight.
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