dust and ashes是什么意思

双语例句

(1)I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

我厌恶自己，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。

(2)I am but dust and ashes; the world was created for me.

我只是一粒尘埃，世界为我而造。

(3)Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

因此我厌恶自己，(自己或作我的言语)在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。

(4)But except as dust and ashes, Nature cannot take us back.

但是除了尘土和灰烬自然并不能带我们回去。

(5)He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

神把我扔在淤泥中，我就象尘土和炉灰一般。

释义

used to convey a feeling of great disappointment or disillusion about something

令人失望的事物

the party would be dust and ashes if he couldn't come.

　如果他来不了，这个聚会会令人大失所望的。