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
- 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。 - Sharp rises increase the chances that some banks fall flat over their interest rate risk.
利率大幅上升加大了某些银行因利率风险而倒闭的可能性。 - Then when this scenario repeats, as it will on an increasingly frequent basis, their explanations will fall flat.
那么当这些情节事实上越来越频繁地发生重复时，他们的解释将达不到预期的效果。 - But if a speaker doesn't project pizzazz and show devotion to her topic, the speech may still fall flat on its well-prepared face.
但如果一个演讲者，无法传递热情，及对选择主题的热爱，即使已万全准备，这演讲一定是无趣的。 - 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。 - "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。 - This business is going to fall flat.
这笔交易要完全失败了。 - "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。 - 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 remember, if you're chatting online and you can't see your partner's facial expression, even your in-jokes can fall flat.
但是要记住，如果你们在网上聊天，你看不到对方的面部表情，即使你们双方能够心领神会的笑话也起不到作用。