搁浅；孤立无援；处于困境

（船等）在水流[潮水]达不到地方，不在水里; 孤立无援，处于困境

high and low───到处；高低贵贱

highhandedly───霸道地

home and dry───安然无恙；达到目标；安全的

high-handedly───专横

high and mighty───趾高气扬的

highdaddy───嗨，爸爸

highhanded───adj.专横的；高压的

highlander───n.苏格兰高地的人；高地人

highlanders───n.苏格兰高地的人；高地人

The project evaporated and Harry was left high and dry.───那个项目逐渐叫停，哈里陷入了困境。

He took all the money and left me high and dry.───他拿走了所有的钱,使我陷于困境.

Tom took all the money and left me high and dry.───汤姆把所有的钱都拿走了，使我陷于困境。

They wasn't so high . and dry, nohow, but took their fling , like jolly companions every one.'───他们可不像你那样古板, 而是想怎么着就怎么着, 个个都欢天喜地. ”

He left her high and dry in a strange country without any money.───他把她遗弃在异国他乡,身无分文,处于困境.

We are left behind, high and dry.───我们被抛在后面, 孤立无援.

The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.───这个残酷的人把所有的钱财都拿走了,撇下他自己的外祖母一人无依无靠.

They drew the boat up high and dry to escape the summer floods.───他们把船拖到岸上,以防夏季洪水.

When the tide went out , the boat was high and dry.───潮水退后小船搁浅了.

Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.───较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请，而差一些的学校则会陷入招生困境。

Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.───他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。

It was lying high and dry away in the desert.───它位于大漠无水的地方.

At half - tide she must be high and dry.'───潮水不大时,它就干搁在那里. ”

Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.───好些的学校将会收到大量申请，而差些的学校则将陷入困境。

The depression left his business high and dry.───不景气使他的生意陷入困境.

I can't just leave him high and dry.───我不能看着他孤立无援.

When the travel company went bankrupt, many holidaymakers were left high and dry abroad or waiting at the airport.