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单词 in the lurch
释义 in the lurch
adverb (or adjective)
1. obsolete : in a defenseless position : at a disadvantage
 < he took me in the lurch — Thomas D'Urfey >
2. : in a vulnerable, difficult, or embarrassing position without support — used with leave
 < at the peak of the noonday rush the cashier stalked out and left him in the lurch >
 < the United States cannot … leave the British in the lurch in their struggle against this exhibition of nationalism — Neal Stanford >
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