| 词汇 | be thrown back on something |
| 释义 | be thrown back on somethingbe thrown back on something DEPEND/IT DEPENDSto be forced to have to depend on your own skills, knowledge etc 只得依赖〔自己的技能、知识等〕 Once again, we were thrown back on our own resources. 我们不得不再次自力更生。 Examples from the Corpus be thrown back on something• He was about to be thrown back on the bloody rubbish heap, or worse.• For first time in his life, he was being thrown back on the his own resources.• The result is that they are thrown back on their own individual and collective resources. → be thrown back on something at throw1(14) |
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