汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 泡汤
泡汤 (泡湯)
to dawdle / to go slow deliberately / to fizzle out / to have all one's hopes dashed / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
方言。落空。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

现在干活泡汤的吃不开了。

Those who dawdle over their work have now become unpopular.

这不,我的休假计划全泡汤了!

Well, that's my holiday plans gone up the spout!

恐怕自己苦心经营的生意就要就此泡汤了。

I'm afraid you should lost all important soon if you do so.

经过一连串充满敌意的争吵,该交易泡汤了。

The deal ended after a series of rancorous disputes.

我们打算露天烧烤,但因为下雨,计划泡汤了。

We were going to have a barbecue but the rain put the mockers on that idea.

我们去年夏天预定要到欧洲旅游的计划泡汤了,因为我们未能存到足够的钱。

Our plan to travel to Europe last summer fell through when we were unable to save up enough money.

员工们面临的风险是,如果推荐的人落选,那么他们的声誉会受损,奖金也会泡汤

Employees risk damage to their reputations and the loss of a bonus from referring failed hires.

因为工厂的混乱的管理,他和几个工友“被忘记”注册了收入,退休金眼看要全部泡汤

Confusion because the factory management, he and several workers' forgotten 'registered income, pensions, seeing to all wasted.

而Shah想要在孟买留下自己的痕迹这个最终幻想也因为一个顽固不化的老教师泡汤了。

Mr Shah finds his final fantasy of making a mark on Mumbai being stolen from him by one stubborn old teacher.

在《红旗袍》中,一位年轻美貌的女子陈尸在上海一个繁华的十字路口,这使得陈沉迷于中国文学研究的计划彻底泡汤了。

But in "red Mandarin Dress" his plans to study his beloved Chinese literature soon collapse when a pretty young woman is found murdered at a busy Shanghai crossroads.