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
- This business is going to fall flat.
这笔交易要完全失败了。 - But remember, if you're chatting online and you can't see your partner's facial expression, even your in-jokes can fall flat.
但是要记住，如果你们在网上聊天，你看不到对方的面部表情，即使你们双方能够心领神会的笑话也起不到作用。 - "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。 - '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。 - 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。 - Like Mr Gates before him, Mr Jobs could fall flat on his face.
就像在他之前的盖茨一样，乔布斯可能会遭遇惨败。 - 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。 - B: Yes, it's really embarrassing when your ideas fall flat.
对呀，没人理会你的主意时，真糗。猜对了吗？ - She saw me fall flat on my face-i feel such a fool.
她看到了我脸朝下摔倒在地，我觉得自己出足了洋相。 - 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。