a dying breed
基本解释
- 正在消失的某一類人
英汉例句
- We are a dying breed.
我們是稀有品種。 我想，其中一些還必須忍受擔驚受怕。 - Mr Rangel’s critics will have none of this. But some comfort themselves with the belief that he is the last of a dying breed of machine politician.
也許此言對蘭格爾先生的批評者無益，但他們中一些可以自我安慰的相信蘭格爾是政客們最後的一個繁衍。 - “We are a dying breed, ” she says.
“我們是稀有品種，”她說。 - On the face of it, Mr Crandall is the last of a dying breed.
ECONOMIST: American Airlines loses its pilot - The nonconformists of Liebig 14 may be a dying breed but they are creating a backlash against gentrification.
ECONOMIST: Communes in Berlin - Yet Sir Richard, who is 75, is the last of a dying breed.
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