completion，be completed ；

[例句] 他们后来参加了该大学的落成典礼。 They later attended the inauguration of the University.

[例句] 最初的车站于1754年落成。 The original station opened in 1754.

[宇航] splash down，ditching ；

[例句] 他凝视着雨点溅落在玻璃上。 He stared at the rain spattering on the glass.

[例句] 雨溅落在最上面的树叶上。 The rain spattered on the uppermost leaves.

[物] falling body，faller ；

[例句] 伽俐略对落体的研究提供了终极答案. Galileo's work on falling bodies supplied the final clue.

[例句] 最普通的加速度就是自由落体的加速度. The most common acceleration that of freely falling bodies.

ebb tide，[海] falling tide，ebb-tide ；

[例句] 涨潮和落潮交替更迭. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.

[例句] 渔船趁着落潮出航. Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.

peel off，[地质] exfoliation，spalling，frilling，desquamate ；

[例句] 裂缝、凸起、剥落的勾缝和湿斑都意味着存在问题。 Cracks, bulges, crumbling pointing and damp patches mean trouble.

[例句] 天花板附近的壁纸在剥落。 The wallpaper was peeling away close to the ceiling.

wander about destitute，strand，lead a wandering life in poverty，driftage ；

[例句] 他居无定所，我们发现他流落街头。 He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets.

[例句] 他们最后可能又会流落街头。 They'll probably end back on the streets.

downcast，low，turndown ；

[例句] 当有人觉得情绪低落时，要努力相互打气。 Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down.

[例句] 情绪低落的时候，她们就疯狂地猛吃巧克力和糖果。 When depressed, they dramatically overindulge in chocolate and sweets.

decline，drop，[经] sink，fall，depreciation；

[例句] 降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。 He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.

[例句] 这种不安情绪使股票价格跌落到几乎18个月以来的最低水平。 The upset sent share prices sliding to their lowest level for almost 18 months.

fall low，come down in the world，be reduced to poverty ；

[例句] 她沦落到要靠偷窃来养活饥饿的家人。 She is reduced to stealing to feed her hungry family.

[例句] 利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。 Liberia was never colonised by the European powers.

shoot down，bring down，down，shoot off，shot down ；

[例句] 一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。 The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.

[例句] 他的飞机于1967年在北越被击落。 His plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967.

practicable，workable，fix in advance，ascertain，carry out ；

[例句] 明天去收麦子的有多少人,要落实一下. Make sure how many are going to bring in the wheat tomorrow.

[例句] 他只落实了一下他该得多少钱. He just made sure of his trice.

abjection，come down in the world，comedown，down and out ；

[例句] 这个老头儿是个落魄的英国人, 名叫亨利?阿特金斯. This old man was a castaway Englishman, Henry Atkins by name.

[例句] 瞧瞧杰米·布拉多克,已经落魄到做临时工的地步了. Look at Jimmy Bradock, down to being a day laborer.

angle，cant，corner，nook ；

[例句] 在内心深处的某个角落里埋藏着一颗爱心。 Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.

[例句] 最后我在钢琴旁的阴暗角落里发现了它。 Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.

scoff at，taunt，gibe，jeer at，tease ；

[例句] 我知道我确实偶尔会奚落别人。 I know that I do put people down occasionally.

[例句] 他的矮小身材和政治观点使他成了受奚落的对象。 He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.

be situated，be located，sit ；

[例句] 宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。 The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street.

[例句] 他在贝克斯利的住宅坐落在一片小森林中。 His home in Bexley is tucked away in a miniature forest.

sunset，sundown ；

[例句] 日落后大约两小时战斗打响了。 The fighting broke out about two hours after sundown.

[例句] 日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。 The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.

paragraph，section，phase，stage ；

[例句] 有些段落他演奏得异常徐缓，听上去有些忧伤。 He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.

[例句] 最后两章中的很多说法是对前面段落的呼应。 Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages.

tribe，clan，hamlet，kampong，nationality；

[例句] 苏人总是为领地权与其他部落作战。 The Sioux had always fought other tribes for territorial rights.

[例句] 他的调解可能会帮上该部落的忙。 His intercession could be of help to the tribe.

get，end in，result in ；

[例句] 您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。 There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.

[例句] 很多人在战火中丧生，更多的人则落得无家可归。 Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless.

spatter，sprinkling；

[例句] 眼泪又涌了出来, 洒落在弗兰克的手上. The tears welled up again, splashing on Frank's hand.

[例句] 雨点洒落在门阶上. Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps.