empty-handed

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌemp.tiˈhæn.dɪd]
• 美式音标 [ˌemp.tiˈhæn.dɪd]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 空手的；徒手的
• adv. 空手地；一无所有地

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• I said neither bearing gifts nor empty-handed!
  我说既不要带礼物也不要空手！
• The beggars didn’t beg empty-handed, as in Istanbul; instead, they’d stand under your window playing the accordion.
  乞丐们不像在伊斯坦布尔那样空手乞讨；而是站在你的窗户下拉手风琴。
• For those who enjoy pressure and stress, South Island will leave them empty-handed.
  对那些喜欢压力和紧张的人而言，南岛将使他们空手而返；

原声例句

• But none of the so-called November Nine will leave empty-handed.

权威例句

• He left after a year, empty-handed but subsisting on tech licenses and hardware sales.
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• One of these peers might then swoop in and make a better offer, leaving Petronas empty-handed.
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• He believes that many search engines, message boards and answer sites leave surfers empty-handed.
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词组短语

短语

• return empty -handed 空手而归
• fled empty -handed 一无所得地逃走
• empty -handed training 徒手训练
• start empty -handed 自食其力;白手起家
• Empty -handed knocks brick 空手敲砖块

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• without bringing or taking anything

柯林斯英英字典

• If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted.

专业释义

经济学

• 空手的