關鍵詞講解：
go to the dogs與狗為伍，墮落，沉淪，淪落，毀滅，衰敗，
例1：
此人開始酗酒和賭博以後，就墮落了。
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking and gambling.
例2：
自從彼得吸上了海洛因，他很快失去了工作，妻子也走了----我從來沒有見過一個人墮落得如此之快。
Ever since Peter got hooked on heroin, he soon lost his job and his wife----I never saw a man to the dogs so fast.
注：get hooked on(魚等)被鉤住，上癮
例3：
幾個得力的運動員一受傷，這個隊就一敗塗地了。
The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt.
例4：
等到金子都淘光了，這些城鎮一下子就被人遺棄，徹底完蛋了。
As soon as the gold was all gone, these towns went to the dogs almost overnight.
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