hors de combat Adj. (from French) unable to fight or to take part in an activity, especially because you are injured; unable to continue fighting because one is wounded 因受伤而不能继续战斗的; 丧失战斗力的[@more@]
Example sentence:
With their best pitcher hors de combat with a shoulder injury, the team faced a bleak season.
I can't play you at squash this week I'm hors de combat with a twisted ankle. 本星期我不能和你打壁球了--我的脚踝扭伤了.
This was a sort of "rear hospital" where those who had been put hors de combat at the front came to sit and pant. 这里就好比“后方病院”似的,只有从战线上败退下来的人们才坐在这里喘气。来自 “ ITPUB博客 ” ,链接:http://blog.itpub.net/60325/viewspace-1009675/,如需转载,请注明出处,否则将追究法律责任。
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