fall flat

英 [fɔːl flæt]

美 [fɔːl flæt]

摔倒;跌倒

英英释义

verb

I won't let you fall flat on your face.
我会帮助你，不会让你失败的。
Every day brings new product launches, and for one reason or another, some catch on with customers while many others fall flat.
每天都会有人发布新产品，而出于某种原因，一些产品大受追捧，更多的则一败涂地，籍籍无名。
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。
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。
Often they fall flat on their face.
他们往往会以失败收场。
He fall flat on his face walking downstairs.
他下楼的时候脸被摔了个结结实实。
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。
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？
Adrian: No way. Every time I run up to kick it you pull the ball away and I fall flat on my face.
阿德里恩：不行，每次当我助跑要去踢它时，你却把球拿走，而我就往前跌倒。