fall into line

1 OBEYto obey someone or do what other people want you to do, especially when you do not want to do it at first 听从，服从

Most countries have signed the treaty but some are reluctant to fall into line.

大多数国家已签署了该条约，但也有些国家不愿顺从。

Examples from the Corpus

fall into line• If you can persuade her, the others will soon fall into line.• If one rotates one of them a little, everything falls into line.• Mr Lamont will order the others to fall into line.• All the Republicans except Elton and Carson fell into line and voted yes.• The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons, but from financial necessity.

→ fall into line at fall1(16)

2 informalOBEY to start to do what someone else wants you to do, or to make someone do this 取得一致/使某人行动一致

Now that France and Germany have signed up, other countries will soon fall into line.

既然法国和德国都已经签字，其他国家很快就会照办的。

The few party rebels were soon brought into line.

那几个叛党分子不久便就范了。

→ fall into line/bring somebody into line at line1(6)

单词	fall into line
释义	fall into line fall into line 1 OBEYto obey someone or do what other people want you to do, especially when you do not want to do it at first 听从，服从 Most countries have signed the treaty but some are reluctant to fall into line. 大多数国家已签署了该条约，但也有些国家不愿顺从。 Examples from the Corpus fall into line• If you can persuade her, the others will soon fall into line.• If one rotates one of them a little, everything falls into line.• Mr Lamont will order the others to fall into line.• All the Republicans except Elton and Carson fell into line and voted yes.• The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons, but from financial necessity. → fall into line at fall1(16) 2 informalOBEY to start to do what someone else wants you to do, or to make someone do this 取得一致/使某人行动一致 Now that France and Germany have signed up, other countries will soon fall into line. 既然法国和德国都已经签字，其他国家很快就会照办的。 The few party rebels were soon brought into line. 那几个叛党分子不久便就范了。 → fall into line/bring somebody into line at line1(6)
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