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But we have learnt from the Lehman collapse and know not to leave the sector high and dry when a systemic institution fails.

但我们已从雷曼破产中吸取了教训，明白当可影响全局的金融机构破产时，不要让整个行业处于孤立无援的境地。

As a wireless-only operator, Vodafone could find itself high and dry if convergence does indeed prove to be the next big thing.

如果融合真的被证明是电信业的大势所趋，那么，在未来对于只经营无线业务的沃达丰公司来说将会大祸临头。

But when it came time to clean up the mess, all the guests left in a hurry and Sally was left high and dry, to do all the work by herself.

但是，等到要收拾残局的时候，所有的客人都匆忙地走了，就剩下萨利一个人来干这些活。

Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry.

玛丽本担心她搁浴巾的地方潮水会溅到，但是她后来发现它并没有溅湿。

The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.

财都拿走了，撇下他自己的外祖母一人无依无靠。

She got angry at me and left me high and dry on the side of the street.

她对我生气了，甩头就走，把我丢在街道上不管。

Europe could hoard flu vaccines, leaving the U. S. , which has only one manufacturing plant, high and dry.

欧洲秘密储存猪流感疫苗，而抛下只有一家生产工厂的美国，不闻不问。

The TGP is scheduled to expire at the end of this year, leaving solar projects high and dry.

TGP预计今年年底就到期了，届时太阳能发电项目将再次陷入无助的困境。

Zune is much more controversial, however, because Microsoft's pre-existing hardware and service partners are left high and dry.

可是相比之下，Zune引来的争议就要多得多了，因为在这一产品上，微软把之前的硬件和服务伙伴都抛弃了。

It seems that I've been left high and dry and have to do all the work by myself.

看来，我是没办法了，只好自己来做一切了。

Certainty -- that the spouse won't be left high and dry for someone in the office or a language instructor.

不能因为办公室里的某个人或是自己的语言教师而让自己的配偶陷入尴尬境地。最后便是爱。

He left his wife high and dry.

他抛弃了他的妻子。

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。

Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.

声誉好的学校会收到大量的入学申请，而较差的学校则门可罗雀。

With limited incomes, many retirees have been left high and dry.

由于收入有限，许多退休人员处于困境。

Don't wait until outsourcing leaves you high and dry; take steps now to plan for contingencies.

不要等到外包让你处境艰难时才着急；从现在开始便采取措施以防意外。

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。

When the factory closed down, the workers were left high and dry.

工厂倒闭后，工人们的生活没有着落。

Yes, we face a cyclical recession, but there is a structural shift too, which has left many workers high and dry.

是的，我们正面临一场周期性衰退，但就业市场也发生了结构性变化——这使许多工人陷入了孤立无援的境地。

Despite the current economic downturn, we should try not to be left high and dry in our daily lives.

虽然目前经济衰退，我们日常生活不该处于无援境地。