1·Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.
他们的帆船搁浅在沙丘上了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.
声誉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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The depression left his business high and dry.
不景气使他的生意陷入困境。
4·Your dry cleaner won't leave you high and dry.
你的干洗店绝不会让你失望的。
5·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。
6·I mean, I don't want to leave you high and dry.
我的意思是，我不想离开你高和干燥。
7·Tom's 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。
8·Here I sit high and dry-no food, no money, no nothing.
在这儿我孤立无援——没有食物，没有钱，一无所有。
9·When the work got hard, Bob found himself high and dry.
工作艰苦起来了，鲍勃发现自己处于孤立无援的境地。
10·I always feel I'm felt high and dry with nobody to rely on.
我经常感到自己孤独无助，没有人可以信赖。