fall
v. 落下; 摔倒; 下垂; 减少; 垮台; 陷落; 战死; 陷入(某种状态); 发生; 属于
n. 落下; 瀑布; 秋季; 垮台; 减少; 人类堕落; (摔跤中)双肩着地
If someone or something falls, they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force.
Her father fell into the sea after a massive heart attack...
她父亲在一次严重的心脏病发作后坠入海中。
Prince Charles has again fallen from his horse...
查尔斯王子又一次从马上摔了下来。
If a person or structure that is standing somewhere falls, they move from their upright position, so that they are then lying on the ground.
The woman gripped the shoulders of her man to stop herself from falling...
这个女人抓住丈夫的肩膀,以免摔倒。
We watched buildings fall on top of people and pets...
我们看到一幢幢大楼倒塌,砸在人和宠物身上。
When rain or snow falls, it comes down from the sky.
Winds reached up to 100mph in some places with an inch of rain falling within 15 minutes.
风力在一些地方达到了每小时 100 英里,15 分钟内降雨量达一英寸。
If you fall somewhere, you allow yourself to drop there in a hurried or disorganized way, often because you are very tired.
Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed...
他疲惫至极,扯下衣服,一头倒在床上。
In the morning I got as far as the sofa and fell on to it.
早晨,我只走到沙发那儿,就一下子倒在上面。
If something falls, it decreases in amount, value, or strength.
Output will fall by 6%...
产量将减少 6%。
Her weight fell to under seven stones...
她的体重减到了 7 英石以下。
If a powerful or successful person falls, they suddenly lose their power or position.
There's a danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority...
政府将因失去其占多数的优势而有倒台的危险。
The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory.
撒切尔夫人倒台的那一刻在世人的记忆中留下了永久的印痕。
If a place falls in a war or election, an enemy army or a different political party takes control of it.
Croatian army troops retreated from northern Bosnia and the area fell to the Serbs...
克罗地亚军队从波斯尼亚北部撤军后,该地区落入塞尔维亚人手里。
With the announcement 'Paphos has fallen!' a cheer went up from the assembled soldiers.
随着一声宣告:“帕福斯陷落啦!”,聚集在一起的士兵爆发出一阵欢呼声。
If someone falls in battle, they are killed.
Another wave of troops followed the first, running past those who had fallen.
又一批士兵跟着第一批士兵从阵亡者身边跑过。
You can use fall to show that someone or something passes into another state. For example, if someone falls ill, they become ill, and if something falls into disrepair, it is then in a state of disrepair.
It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state...
去佛罗里达观光而不爱上这个州几乎不可能。
'Business to Business' was taken over by another company after it fell into debt...
《致富》债务缠身,被另一家公司收购。
If you say that something or someone falls into a particular group or category, you mean that they belong in that group or category.
The problems generally fall into two categories...
问题大致分成两类。
Both women fall into the highest-risk group.
两个女人都属于高危人群。
If the responsibility or blame for something falls on someone, they have to take the responsibility or the blame for it.
That responsibility falls on the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
那由联合国高级难民署的地方分部负责。
A vastly disproportionate burden falls on women for child care...
照料孩子的重担落在了女性身上。
If silence or a feeling of sadness or tiredness falls on a group of people, they become silent, sad, or tired.
The bus was stopped and silence fell on the passengers as the police checked identity cards.
公交车被拦住了,警察检查身份证时,乘客们鸦雀无声。
If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date.
...the oddly named Quasimodo Sunday which falls on the first Sunday after Easter.
适逢复活节后第一个星期天的名字古怪的“卸白衣主日”
When light or shadow falls on something, it covers it.
Nancy, out of the corner of her eye, saw the shadow that suddenly fell across the doorway.
南希从眼角的余光里看见突然有个影子落在门道上。
If someone's hair or a garment falls in a certain way, it hangs downwards in that way.
...a slender boy with black hair falling across his forehead.
一个身材颀长的男孩儿,黑发垂在额上
If you say that someone's eyes fell on something, you mean they suddenly noticed it.
As he laid the flowers on the table, his eye fell upon a note in Grace's handwriting.
他把花放在桌上时,目光落在一张写有格雷斯笔迹的字条上。
When night or darkness falls, night begins and it becomes dark.
As darkness fell outside, they sat down to eat at long tables.
屋外夜幕降临,他们坐到长桌旁开始吃饭。
You can refer to a waterfall as the falls .
...panoramic views of the falls.
瀑布的全景
...Niagara Falls.
尼亚加拉瀑布
Fall is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler.
He was elected judge in the fall of 1991...
1991 年秋他当选为法官。
The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall.
最高法院将于明年秋开始审理此案。
In the Christian religion, the Fall was the occasion when Adam and Eve sinned and God made them leave the Garden of Eden.
In some sports such as judo and wrestling, a fall is the act of throwing or forcing your opponent to the floor.
In cricket, when a wicket falls, the team who are fielding get one of the batsmen out.
The last seven wickets fell for ten runs.
最后 7 次三柱门失陷得了10分。
If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
By chance the book beside him fell open to St. Paul's warning to the Romans...
他身旁的书偶然翻开到写着圣保罗对罗马人的告诫那页。
The basket that she was carrying fell open.
她提着的篮子忽然打开了。
If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this.
Within days of his death those same people were falling over themselves to denounce him.
他尸骨未寒,还是那些人又大肆谴责起他来。
To fall to pieces, or in British English to fall to bits, means the same as to fall apart .
At that point the radio handset fell to pieces.
就在那一刻,无线电遥控器摔得粉碎。
If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.
The work was never finished and bit by bit the building fell apart.
工程一直没有完工,于是楼一点点地坍塌了。
If an organization or system falls apart, it becomes disorganized or unable to work effectively, or breaks up into its different parts.
Europe's monetary system is falling apart...
欧洲货币体系正在走向瓦解。
I've tried everything to stop our marriage falling apart.
我已竭尽所能去维系我们的婚姻。
If you say that someone is falling apart, you mean that they are becoming emotionally disturbed and are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult or unpleasant situation that they are in.
I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep.
我要崩溃了,我一直都没合眼。
If something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off.
Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff.
官员们说飞机起飞后不久就有一两台引擎脱落了。
If you say that land falls away, you mean it slopes downwards from a particular point.
On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply.
跑道两侧都是很陡的斜坡。
If the degree, amount, or size of something falls away, it decreases.
His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away...
他的联盟也许会占绝对多数,但这种优势可能会很快丧失。
Demand began to fall away.
需求开始减少。
If you fall back, you move backwards a short distance away from someone or something.
He fell back in embarrassment when he saw that Ross had no hair at all...
看见罗斯的光头,他尴尬地后退了几步。
The congregation fell back from them slightly as they entered.
教堂会众在他们进来时稍稍往后退了退。
If an army falls back during a battle or war, it withdraws.
The Prussian garrison at Charleroi was falling back.
普鲁士驻沙勒罗瓦的部队正在撤退。
If you fall behind, you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people.
Evans had rheumatic fever, missed school and fell behind...
伊万斯得了风湿热,没去上课,功课也落下了。
Boris is falling behind all the top players.
鲍里斯落后于所有顶级选手。
If you fall behind with something or let it fall behind, you do not do it or produce it when you should, according to an agreement or schedule.
He faces losing his home after falling behind with the payments...
他没能按时付款,面临着失去房子的危险。
Thousands of people could die because the relief effort has fallen so far behind...
因救援工作远远没有跟上,数千人可能面临死亡。
If an argument, organization, or person falls down on a particular point, they are weak or unsatisfactory on that point.
Service was outstandingly friendly and efficient, falling down on only one detail...
服务态度极佳,效率也蛮高,仅在一个小地方不尽人意。
That is where his argument falls down.
这是他论点的薄弱之处。
If you fall for someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them.
He was fantastically handsome — I just fell for him right away.
他帅极了——我一下子就爱上了他。
If you fall for a lie or trick, you believe it or are deceived by it.
It was just a line to get you out here, and you fell for it!
那不过是为了骗你到这儿来的一句谎言,你居然信了!
I told him I would think about it and asked for his telephone number. He didn't fall for that one.
我告诉他我会考虑,然后跟他要电话号码。他并没有上当。
If a roof or ceiling falls in, it collapses and falls to the ground.
Part of my bedroom ceiling has fallen in.
我卧室的天花板有些地方塌下来了。
If you fall in behind or beside someone who is walking along, you start walking behind them or beside them.
Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
If you fall in with an idea, plan, or system, you accept it and do not try to change it.
Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.
卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划,由此引来了麻烦。
If you fall in with someone, you become friends with them and start seeing them a lot.
At university, Taylor had fallen in with a small clique of literature students.
在大学里,泰勒曾经频繁参与一个文学小团体的活动。
If something falls off, it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves towards the ground.
When your exhaust falls off, you have to replace it.
如果你的排气管脱落,应将其更换。
If the degree, amount, or size of something falls off, it decreases.
Unemployment is rising again and retail buying has fallen off.
失业率再次上升,零售品购买量下降。
If something such as a person's hair or a tooth falls out, it comes out.
Her hair started falling out as a result of radiation treatment.
由于放疗,她开始掉头发。
If you fall out with someone, you have an argument and stop being friendly with them. You can also say that two people fall out .
She fell out with her husband...
她与丈夫闹翻了。
Mum and I used to fall out a lot.
我和妈妈过去经常争吵。
If a responsibility, duty, or opportunity falls to someone, it becomes their responsibility, duty, or opportunity.
He's been very unlucky that no chances have fallen to him.
他很不走运,机会一次也没有落到他头上。
It fell to me to get rid of them.
由我来负责摆脱他们。
If someone falls to doing something, they start doing it.
When she had departed, they fell to fighting among themselves.
她走后,他们便互相打了起来。
1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees;
2. a sudden drop from an upright position;
3. a downward slope or bend
4. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity;
5. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
6. a movement downward;
7. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
8. the time of day immediately following sunset;
9. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
10. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
11. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
1. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;
2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
3. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
4. come under, be classified or included;
5. fall from clouds;
6. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;
7. decrease in size, extent, or range;
8. die, as in battle or in a hunt;
9. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
10. be captured;
11. occur at a specified time or place;
12. yield to temptation or sin;
13. lose office or power;
14. to be given by assignment or distribution;
15. move in a specified direction;
16. be due;
17. lose one's chastity;
18. to be given by right or inheritance;
19. come into the possession of;
20. fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
21. be inherited by;
22. slope downward;
23. lose an upright position suddenly;
24. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;
25. fall or flow in a certain way;
26. assume a disappointed or sad expression;
27. be cast down;
28. come out; issue;
29. be born, used chiefly of lambs;
30. begin vigorously;
31. go as if by falling;
32. come as if by falling;
autumn, fall
这两个名词均含"秋天"之意。
collapse, fall
这两个动词都含有"倒塌"之意。
descend, drop, fall, sink
这些动词都表示"落下,下降"之意。
fall between two stools
见 stool
fall foul (或主北美a foul)of
与…冲突;遭…破坏
fall in (或 into) line
与他人一致;符合行为规范
fall in (或 out of) love (with someone)
fall into place
(一系列事件或事实)开始明晰(或衔接)起来
fall on stony ground
fall over oneself to do something
(非正式)极想做某事
fall short (of)
(导弹)未击中目标
fall to pieces
fall victim to
take the fall
(北美,非正式)代人受过;当替罪羊
fall about
(英,非正式)抑制不住地大笑
fall apart (或 to pieces)
结束;分裂;解体;崩溃
fall back on
(困难时)求助于;依靠
The man of Qi worries in case the sky should fall.
杞人忧天.
We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
我们离党的要求还差得远.
We are likely to fall into step with them.
我们可能接受他们的意见.
These books fall into several categories.
这些书可分成几类.
The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.
今晚气温将下降到七摄氐度.