汉英词典
MEANING OF 黔驴技穷
黔驴技穷
(黔驢技窮)
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
黔 The area around Guizhou Province today / 技 skill / 穷 Exhausted / A little bit of limited metaphor has also been used up
语出柳宗元《三戒·黔之驴》黔中无驴，有人带入，放于山下。虎见而惧，观察良久，未见驴有什么能耐，便试着去招惹，驴怒而用腿踢。虎大喜，曰技止此耳”，便将驴吃了◇用黔驴技穷”比喻有限的本领已经用尽，再没有别的办法了。
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不要怕，他已经黔驴技穷了。 Don't be scared, he is up with end. | ||
因为她黔驴技穷了，她又把脸转向法官。 Because she was at her wits' end, she turned to the judge again. | ||
这部引人入胜的影片向世人证明：作为导演的波兰斯基远未黔驴技穷！ This very involving movie shows Polanski is far from finished as a film-maker. | ||
本周，日本已把利率降低到0- 0.1%的范围，降息的老办法已经被用到黔驴技穷的地步。 The old tactic of cutting interest rates has been pursued almost to exhaustion, although Japan lowered rates to a 0-0.1% band this week. | ||
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