fall flat

英 [fɔːl flæt]

美 [fɔːl flæt]

摔倒;跌倒

英英释义

verb

• fail utterly
  1. The project foundered
  Synonym:fall throughfounderflop

双语例句

• 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。
• Often they fall flat on their face.
  他们往往会以失败收场。
• If they won't cooperate, our plan will fall flat.
  如果他们不肯合作我们的计划就会落空。
• Every day brings new product launches, and for one reason or another, some catch on with customers while many others fall flat.
  每天都会有人发布新产品，而出于某种原因，一些产品大受追捧，更多的则一败涂地，籍籍无名。
• 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。
• He fall flat on his face walking downstairs.
  他下楼的时候脸被摔了个结结实实。
• 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。
• You're going to fall flat on your ass, I promise you that.
  你会把屁股摔碎，我保证。
• 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。
• This business is going to fall flat.
  这笔交易要完全失败了。