| 单词 | fall by the wayside |
| 释义 | fall by the waysidefall by the wayside SUCCESSFULto fail, or to stop being done, used, or made 半途而废；不再进行；停止使用 Health reform was one of his goals that fell by the wayside. 医疗改革是他的目标之一，却在半途夭折了。 Luxury items fall by the wayside during a recession. 在经济衰退时期，奢侈品乏人问津。 Examples from the Corpus fall by the wayside• But better singers fell by the wayside.• In any event, the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside.• Many of her colleagues had fallen by the wayside.• The gas tax rollback, initiated because gasoline prices spiked this spring, has since fallen by the wayside.• They were told a lot of wounded men had fallen by the wayside.• A lot of marriages fall by the wayside because couples cannot talk to each other.• Inevitably some fall by the wayside, but his success rate is surprisingly high considering the breadth of the repertoire he tackles.• How many more fell by the wayside in the process?• Congress has let many important issues fall by the wayside this session. → fall by the wayside at fall1(10) |
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