名人教你讲英文：大败输亏

名人教英文：大败输亏

to come a cropper
大败输亏

josé: isn't that pablo gonzalez over there going into the pawn shop?
何塞∶看，走进当铺的那个人，不是巴勒罗．冈萨雷斯吗？

sasha: yes, that's him. he looks really miserable.
莎莎∶不错，正是他。他看来很苦恼。

josé: that's no surprise. he played the stock market and came a cropper.
何塞∶这不奇怪。他炒股票，大败输亏。

sasha: what does he know about the stock market? he's a shoemaker.
莎莎∶他是个鞋匠，对股市有什么认识？

josé: well, the answer is very little. that's why he came a cropper.
何塞∶认识不多，所以一败涂地。

sasha: so he lost a lot of money?
莎莎∶他输了很多钱吗？

josé: almost everything. so it's no wonder that he's trying to pawn his valuables. he needs to raise money to pay the bills.
何塞∶几乎输掉一切。他现在要把值钱的东西拿去当，并不奇怪，他要钱付账。