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

• 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。
• Invalid labour contract is a contract which falls short of legal terms so as to fall flat legal effect.
  无效劳动合同是指所订立的劳动合同不符合法定条件，不能发生当事人预期的法律后果的劳动合同。
• I won't let you fall flat on your face.
  我会帮助你，不会让你失败的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。