"scrape the bottom of the barrel" 怎么发音
expression
释义
To use whatever is left, even if it is of low quality, because you have no other choices. It means you are running out of good options and must accept the worst or least desirable only because nothing better is available.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈskɹeɪp/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ˈəv/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbæɹəɫ/, /ˈbɛɹəɫ
英式英语
skɹˈeɪp/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈɒtəm/ /ˈɒv/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈæɹəl
简化发音
美式
SKRAYP thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
英式
sk-RAYP thuh BOT-um ov thuh BARR-ul
语境中听
After all the good players left, the team had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for replacements.
The chef had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to make dinner with only a few leftovers.
With no good ideas left, they started to scrape the bottom of the barrel for solutions.
We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel if he's our best option now.