fall by the wayside

英 [fɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd]

美 [fɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd]

中途停止;半路夭折

英英释义

verb

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
  1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
  Synonym:drop outgive updrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge

双语例句

• They let prevention fall by the wayside.
  它们使预防工作半途而废。
• When this happens, you lose your feeling of accomplishment and you fall by the wayside.
  如果这样，你会失去成就感，半途而废。
• Google can no longer afford to let promising ideas fall by the wayside.
  谷歌可不能再浪费好点子了。
• We've seen some potential competitors fall by the wayside.
  我们看到有些潜在竞争对手中途退出。
• We must care for the weak who will otherwise fall by the wayside
  我们要关心那些弱者，不然他们会因失败而放弃努力的
• Many will fall by the wayside.
  很多公司都会因失败而放弃。
• We should always remember this important thing, that is half of the people who have embarked on a one hundred mile journey may fall by the wayside.
  我们应该记住这样一条古训：行百里者半九十。
• So many would-be slimmers fail to stay the course and fall by the wayside.
  有很多想身材苗条的人没能坚持到底而中途败下阵来。
• In the office we have discovered that while many candidates look promising, some fall by the wayside once they start corresponding. Those who can't spell or who become over-familiar at an early stage get weeded out.
  在办公室里，我们发现，虽然许多候选人看起来很有希望，不过一开始通信，有些人就出局了：那些错字连篇或一开始就热情过头的人会被排除掉。
• Amateurs fall by the wayside when the going gets tough
  业余爱好者遇到困难时往往半途而废。