n.渣滓，糟粕，沉淀物

He was once a promising musician, but years of drug addiction reduced him to a dreg of society.
他曾经是一位有前途的音乐家，但多年的吸毒使他沦落为社会渣滓。
Despite the hardships, she refused to let herself become a dreg at the bottom of life's barrel.
尽管生活艰难，她拒绝让自己沦为人生的底层渣滓。
The company decided to eliminate the dregs from their workforce to improve productivity.
公司决定剔除工作效率低下的员工以提高生产力。
After filtering the wine, we discarded the dregs that settled at the bottom.
在过滤葡萄酒之后，我们丢弃了沉积在底部的沉淀物。
The economic recession left many people as dregs with no job prospects.
经济衰退使得许多人变成了找不到工作机会的社会边缘人。
The politician's controversial remarks were just the dregs of his divisive campaign strategy.
这位政客引起争议的言论只是其分裂竞选策略中的糟粕部分。
In the process of distillation, the impurities and dregs are separated from the essential oils.
在蒸馏过程中，杂质和残渣与精油分离。
The war drained the country of its resources, leaving only dregs for reconstruction efforts.
战争耗尽了国家的资源，留给重建工作的只剩下一点点残羹冷炙。
She had to sift through the dregs of online dating profiles before finding someone compatible.
她不得不从一堆不合适的在线约会资料中筛选，才能找到一个相匹配的人。
In the end, the coach realized that some players on the team were merely deadwood and dregs.
最终教练意识到队里有些球员不过是无用之材、废物罢了。