a dying breed
基本解释
- 正在消失的某一类人
英汉例句
- We are a dying breed.
我们是稀有品种。 我想，其中一些还必须忍受担惊受怕。 - 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.
也许此言对兰格尔先生的批评者无益，但他们中一些可以自我安慰的相信兰格尔是政客们最后的一个繁衍。 - “We are a dying breed, ” she says.
“我们是稀有品种，”她说。 - 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.
ECONOMIST: From the archive