| 词组 | fall down |
| 释义 | fall down 1. fall down to fall onto the ground: ▪ She slipped on the ice, fell down and broke her leg. ▪ During the night, several trees had fallen down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall over 2. be falling down if a building is falling down, it is in very bad condition and needs repairing: ▪ There were very few hospitals, and the ones that did exist were falling down. ■ SIMILAR TO: delapidated formal 3. fall down BrE to fail to be good enough or to be successful because of a particular reason or in a particular way: ▪ Where the book falls down is in the poor quality of the colour reproductions. ▪ "What if someone doesn't keep up with the payments?" "That's when the whole system falls down." fall down on the job (=fail to do what you should be doing on your job) ▪ I'm appalled by her attitude. It suggests I'm falling down on the job. downfall n singular when someone loses their position of power, or stops being successful + of ▪ the downfall of Margaret Thatcher be sb's downfall if something is someone's downfall, it causes them to lose their position of power, or stops them from being successful: ▪ In the end, his pride was his downfall. |
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