downfall是什么意思？

downfall

英[ˈdaʊnfɔ:l] 美[ˈdaʊnˌfɔl]

• n. （雨等的）大下特下，（家，国等的）没落，垮台；

复数：downfalls;

例句

• The enemies are scheming her downfall. 敌人正在策划使她垮台。
• 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。
• Various factors contributed to his downfall. 多种因素导致了他的垮台。
• 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.
• The surrender knelled the downfall of the tyrant. 投降宣告了暴君的垮台.
• The sex scandal finally led to his downfall. 这桩绯闻最终使他身败名裂。
• His honesty had been his downfall. 他败在诚实。
• It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. 肯定是这种明显的无目的游逛使我倒了霉.
• Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the events that led to her downfall. 她那咄咄逼人的尖锐语调拉开了导致她垮台的事件的序幕。
• His pride may still be his downfall. 他的傲慢可能还会毁了他。

同义词

• n.
  downfall的同义词之：坠落;垮台,没落
  ruin, upset, decline, defeat, overthrow, failure, decay,
  downfall的同义词之：大阵雨
  flood, downpour, rainstorm, cloudburst,
• downfall的同义词之：其他释义
  failure, overthrow, defeat, downpour, upset, flood, cloudburst, ruin, rainstorm,

英语四级真题

Although many attribute Kodak's downfall to "complacency(自满) ," that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Kodak's downfall over the last several decades was dramatic
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
It is approaching its downfall.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Texting has long been bemoaned (哀叹)as the downfall of the written word,""penmanship for illiterates,"as one critic called it.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  衰落;衰败;垮台
  The downfall of a successful or powerful person or institution is their loss of success or power.
  例句
  His lack of experience had led to his downfall. 经验不足导致了他的下台。 ...people wishing to see the downfall of the government. 希望看到政府倒台的人们
• N-COUNT
  失败(或垮台)的原因
  The thing that was a person's downfall caused them to fail or lose power.
  例句
  His honesty had been his downfall... 他败在诚实。 Alan's downfall was women. 艾伦栽在了“女人”这两个字上。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  垮台, 衰落
  Various factors contributed to his downfall. 多种因素导致了他的垮台。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
  2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  3. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
  "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"