downfall
['daunfɔ:l]
n.垮台, 暴雨, 衰落的原因
例句与用法:
The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall.
他创建起来的组织到头来却成为促使他倒台的根本原因了。
He is not a snob and therein lay his downfall.
他不是个势利小人,而他失败的原因正在于此。
Her enemies are scheming her downfall.
她的敌人阴谋打垮她。
Pride was his downfall.
骄傲是他垮台的原因。
German-born American editorial cartoonist whose caricatures in Harper's Weekly contributed to the downfall of the Tweed Ring in New York City. He also established the donkey and the elephant as symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties.
纳斯特,托马斯1840-1902德裔美国社论卡通画家,他刊登在《哈泼周刊》上的作品对特威德集团在纽约市的垮台很有影响。他还曾创作象征共和党的大象和民主党的毛驴形象
His vanity brought his downfall.
他因虚荣心太重而垮台。
Greed led to his downfall.
他因贪得无厌而导致身败名裂。
n.
1. 坠落, 落下[U]
2. 垮台, 没落, 覆灭; 垮台(或没落)的原因[U]
The revolution brought about the downfall of the dictatorial regime.
革命推翻了独裁政权。
Gambling was his downfall.
赌博是他堕落的缘由。
3. 大阵雨(或雪)[C]
A downfall is expected, so take an umbrella.
估计要下大雨, 把伞带上。
downfall
名词复数:downfalls
词义辨析:
同义:
n.坠落; 垮台, 没落
ruin
failure
decay
decline
defeat
upset
overthrow
n.大阵雨(或雪)
rainstorm
cloudburst
flood
downpour
downfall['daunfɔ:l]n.1.■(城市、阵地等的)陷落;衰落;垮台;毁灭,灭亡2.■衰落(或垮台、毁灭、灭亡)的原因3.■大阵雨;大阵雪;(雨、雪等的)突然大下,大雪纷飞4.■(尤指沉重或突然的)坠下,落下;降到比原来低的地位5.■(利用落下重物杀死、击伤、困住或捕捉猎物的)坠物陷阱6.■[古语]深渊
downfalldownfall[ˈdaunfɔ:l]n.1.■落下, 降下2.■垮台, 崩溃, 毁灭3.■暴雨4.■大雪downfall earthquake陷落地震
noun
- a loss of power, prosperity, or status
垮台;衰落
the crisis led to the downfall of the government.
危机使政府垮台。
■the cause of such a loss
垮台(或衰落)的原因
his intractability will prove to be his downfall.
结果将证明他的倔脾气是他败落的原因。
downfall
名词 downfall:
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
同义词:precipitation
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
同义词:fall
downfall
■Apirl 1945,a nation awaits its...downfall.
1945年4月,一个国家即将陷落。
■Literature decline shows a nation's downfall and they march together to go downhill.
2文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时候是齐头并进的。
■Those who gloat over the downfall of good men will fall into the snare; suffering will consume them before they die.
32见虔敬的人跌倒,而喜乐的人,必要陷于罗网,并且在死以前,备受痛苦。
■"Downfall," the story of a Korean prostitute, was shown to packed theaters in 1997.
《堕落》又是一个关于韩国妓女的故事,在1997年上映,影院也爆满。
■An object will according to result in the way downfall of the biggest bane.
一个物体将按照造成最大的危害的方式落下。
■A fatal weakness would be their downfall.
一个致命的弱点会导致他们垮台。
■A long lost brother, who was presumed dead,was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall.
一位失踪很久的兄弟,人们以为他死了,其实一直活着,而且在居心叵测地密谋搞垮主人公。
■Once in power, their lack of cohesion led to internecine squabbles, which in turn were exploited by Mrs Gandhi, leading to Janata's downfall.
一旦掌了权,他们之间的龃龉就导致内部的互相攻讦。甘地夫人利用这一点搞垮了人民党的政府。
■Then the "Central Downfall" diffuses, so how to achieve "Central Rise" becomes a hot topic in the academy.
一时间,“中部塌陷”论四处弥漫,如何实现“中部崛起”已成为学术界和理论界十分关注的话题。
■Gods punishment is about to begin, the enemies have invaded and you to save mankind, only do a betrayal of Gods downfall was the Seraph.
上帝的惩罚就要开始了,敌人就要入侵了,而你为了拯救人类,只能做一个背叛上帝的堕落六翼天使了。
■Failing to report income while at the same time displaying excessive wealth, has been the downfall of many high level criminals.
不交税的同时又曝露财富,是很多高级罪犯覆灭的原因。
■Recurrent slave uprisings brought about the downfall of the ancient Roman Empire.
不断出现的奴隶起义导致了古罗马帝国的覆灭。
■Documenting the downfall of powerful entities, whether they are governments or businesses, is a legitimate pursuit.
不论是政府还是企业,记录强大实体的垮台是一个合法追求。
■Since the downfall of the Gang of Four an ideological trend has appeared that we call bourgeois liberalization.
中国在粉碎“四人帮”以后出现一种思潮,叫资产阶级自由化
■To illustrate the possibility of Nineveh's downfall, Nahum points to the destruction of No Amon (Ancient Thebes), the capital of upper Egypt.
为了说明尼尼微必会败亡,那鸿引挪亚们(北埃及的首都)的毁灭为证。
■A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall.
主人公一位长期失散的兄弟,大家都以为死了,实际上一直活着,并且正在策划暗算主人公;
■In fact, it's testament to her skills that she was able to surprise her father by engineering his downfall.
事实上,她父亲的倒台就是她策划的,这足以令她父亲瞠目结舌,更说明她实力不俗。
■People used to conceal his feeling by signs of self-isolated, downfall, egotripping and getting lost in rich material life.
人常用种种的征象来掩盖,或是放逐沉沦麻木神经,或是追名逐利,在物质的丰富中忘乎所以。
■The tragedy of his downfall is that he was tailor-made for the job.
他下台的可悲之处在于他正是这项工作的最佳人选。
■He is not a snob and therein lay his downfall.
他不是个势利小人,而他失败的原因正在于此。
■They were intent on my downfall.
他们一心想要我垮台。
■They were not to make any treaties with the heathen nations, nor allow any intermarriage which is a compromise leading to spiritual downfall.
他们也不可与迦南地的异教国家立约或通婚,任何型式的妥协只会导致灵性的堕落。
■After their downfall some of these people threatened to settle accounts ten or twenty years later.
他们当中有些人早就扬言十年、二十年后见。
■The more trouble they make, the worse will be their downfall.
他们愈是捣乱,就失败得愈惨。
■They knew that mistake would only hasten his downfall.
他们知道,这个错误只会加速他的垮台。
■From him there will emerge a She-lynx, and this will nose its way into all things and strive for the downfall of its own race.
他会在那里显现出一只雌性的山猫,这会在所有事物里面侦察出它的道路,为了它自己种族衰败的族类而奋斗。
■The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall.
他创建起来的组织到头来却成为促使他倒台的根本原因了。
■He reflected on the options which had been open to him, one of which had led to his downfall.
他反省那些自己以前一直可有的选择,其中有一选择导致了他的垮台。
■His vanity was his downfall .
他因虚荣心太重而垮台.
■His vanity brought his downfall.
他因虚荣心太重而垮台。
■Greed led to his downfall.
他因贪得无厌而导致身败名裂。
■He is scheming the downfall of his rivals.
他在图谋打倒他的敌人。
■He had a fall, which was ominous of his downfall.
他曾跌倒,这是他垮台的征兆。
■His enemies engineered his downfall.
他的仇敌图谋把他搞垮。
■Several of his colleagues had a hand in his downfall.
他的几位同事对他的下台起了作用。
■His downfall was a great sensation of the day.
他的垮台是当时耸人听闻的大事件。
■For his defeat and downfall he really has two men to thank.
他的失败和垮台真的要归咎于两个人。
■His downfall was caused by his own conceit.
他的失败是由他的自负造成的。
■He had powerful enemies who engineered his downfall.
他的敌人势力强大, 他们策划了他的下台。
■His pride procured his downfall.
他的骄傲使他垮台了。
■He had told Tu Chu-chai that Wu Sun-fu's obstinacy and over-confidence would be his downfall.
他说荪甫那样的刚愎自信是祸根。
■Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
以色列阿,你要归向耶和华你的神。你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。
■A downfall is expected, so take an umbrella.
估计要下大雨,把伞带上。
■But the same hubris that lead to the Guardian's diminishing caused their downfall.
但同样的傲慢使守护者变得狭隘以致衰败.
■But bidding extravagantly on key words can be the downfall of a business.
但是,滥用关键词反而会对商务活动造成不利影响。
■Do you cater to his whims and avoid excommunication or plot his downfall and rig the papal elections to place your own Pope in power?
你是选择为了不被逐出教会而去迎合他的那些怪念头呢,还是要密谋使他垮台?或者干脆逼迫他出让给你只有教皇才能拥有的至高无上的权柄?(教皇就是一刽子手!)
■Your pride has brought your people to their downfall, just as it was in ancient days.
你的狂妄自大带给了你的人民毁灭,就好象在远古时代那次一样。
■The downfall of using “Buffered I/O” is that it allocates non-paged memory and performs a copy.
使用“被缓冲的输入输出”的不好之处在于它分配了未分页的内存并且进行了复制。
■The downfall of the company was caused by secret disclosure.
公司的垮台是由于泄密。
■Other Republicans have spoken in even tougher terms, with one senator suggesting health care could be Barack Obama's political downfall.
其他共和党人的言词甚至更为激烈,一位参议员认为医疗改革可能成为奥巴马的政治滑铁卢。