| 词组 | shadow of one's self or shadow of one's former self |
| 释义 | shadow of one's self or shadow of one's former selfn. phr.A person who has lost his or her former intellectual prowess, fame, or position, or a person who, due to illness, has become extremely thin and weak.（才气、名声、地位等）大不如前的人；（因疾病等）瘦弱得不成样子。◆ We were shocked when we saw poor Al when he came out of the hospital's cancer ward. He was but a shadow of his former self.当我们看到可怜的艾尔从医院的癌症病房走出来时，我们都很震惊。他已经瘦得不成样子了。◆ The aged poet started to write again after twenty years of silence, but he is a shadow of himself.沉默了20年后，老诗人又开始写诗了，但他的才气已大不如前。 |
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