汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 鎩羽而歸
鎩羽而歸 (铩羽而归)
to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
铩羽 Destroyed feathers, a metaphor for failure or unwillingness / Refers to failure or unwillingness to return
铩羽羽毛摧落,比喻失败或不得志。指失败或不得志而归。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但是她并没有成功,一文不名的铩羽而归

However, she was unsuccessful and came back broke.

该死,我铩羽而归。不过她真是可爱极了。

Damn dude, I hella failed. And she was hella cute too.

每四年的夏天,英国人就要做好准备,他们奥运代表队铩羽而归

EVERY four years in summer, the British prepare for their team to be gallant losers in the Olympics.

在欧冠小组赛上铩羽而归之后,贝尼特斯需要一场让人信服的比赛。

After the ongoing traumas of the Champions League, this was a match in which Rafael Benitez needed to convince.

犹如拿破仑铩羽而归的滑铁卢之战,卡斯特雷萨纳在危地马拉很可能会遭遇他国际事业上第一次惨重失败。

Like the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated, Castresana faces the prospect, in Guatemala, of the first great failure of his international career.

这些地方仍由恶名在外的“死亡公路”相连,许多资深骑手在连接蒙多基里的空恩和腊塔纳基里的龙帕之间的沙土小道上铩羽而归

Still linked together by the infamous "Death Highway", many an experienced biker has come unstuck on the sandy, muddy trails "linking" Koh Nhek in Mondulkiri with Lumphat in Ratanakiri.