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
- 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 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。 - '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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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。 - But his entreaties on global rebalancing fall flat in China.
但他有关全球重新寻找平衡的恳求，在中国算是白说了。 - Sharp rises increase the chances that some banks fall flat over their interest rate risk.
利率大幅上升加大了某些银行因利率风险而倒闭的可能性。 - Then when this scenario repeats, as it will on an increasingly frequent basis, their explanations will fall flat.
那么当这些情节事实上越来越频繁地发生重复时，他们的解释将达不到预期的效果。 - The trouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat.
问题是如果你不入乡随俗的话，你将一无所获。