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
- 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？ - "You can fall flat when you don't have more to say that summarizes your strengths and your interest in the position and convinces them that you are the one," said Haws.
“你可以平静地结束，如果没有太多需要总结，要有信心，你是唯一的，”蒙斯说。 - 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。 - "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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I won't let you fall flat on your face.
我会帮助你，不会让你失败的。 - Often they fall flat on their face.
他们往往会以失败收场。 - 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。