fall flat
英 [fɔːl flæt]
美 [fɔːl flæt]
摔倒;跌倒
英英释义
verb
- fail utterly
- The project foundered
双语例句
- 'Rules in China are not that explicit, so you have to try, fall flat and then you may get it,' said Ms. Zhou.
Zhou表示，中国的相关制度规定并不十分清晰，因此你必须先尝试，经历失败之后你才有可能成功。 - "To fall flat on your face" is a metaphorical expression meaning to make a big mistake with everybody watching.
是一个比喻的说法，含义是在众目睽睽之下犯大错。 - I won't let you fall flat on your face.
我会帮助你，不会让你失败的。 - His ideas met with guffaws from the old lags of the industry, who have seen many fancy schemes for electronic medical records fall flat.
他的观点遭到了老牌工业的嘲笑，他们恰巧看到许多奇思构想的电子医疗项目衰败。 - If he tries to tackle that kind of market before he's made a thorough study. He'll fall flat on his face.
如果他事先不透彻研究市场，就想处理那种市场问题，那他必败无疑。 - Stepping forward to receive my award what do I do but fall flat on my face.
我走上前去领奖，却没料到摔趴在地上。 - If we actually feel jealous, for example, our compliments will fall flat.
比如我们实际上很嫉妒，那赞美就达不到预期效果。 - If the villain is just a bad guy for no reason, then his character will fall flat and not be convincing.
如果这个反派仅仅是一个坏人、而没有任何理由的话，那么他的性格就会流于平面而不能令人信服。 - Adrian: No way. Every time I run up to kick it you pull the ball away and I fall flat on my face.
阿德里恩：不行，每次当我助跑要去踢它时，你却把球拿走，而我就往前跌倒。 - It's pointless spending time on work which might fall quite flat.
把时间花在可能完全达不到预期效果的工作上实在毫无意义。