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单词 empty-handed
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empty-handed

/ˌɛmptɪˈhandɪd /
adjective [predicative]
Having failed to obtain or achieve what one wanted: the burglars fled empty-handed...
  • He is more or less a professional hunter, but even he has been known to return from a goose hunt empty-handed.
  • The man and boy were later spotted returning to the scene at around 7pm, only to be seen running away empty-handed.
  • As has as often been told, however, the soldiers could not catch their quarry and returned empty-handed.
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