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fall ACCIDENTH5fC:l, $fB:lv [I]past simple fell fel, past part fallen H9fO:YlEn, $9fA:-to move down unintentionally or accidentally onto or towards the ground from a higher place跌落The path's very steep, so mind you don't fall.这条小径很陡，小心别摔倒。He fell badly and broke his leg.他重重摔了一跤，跌断了腿。How do cats always manage to fall on their feet?猫怎么能够落下时总以脚着地呢?Athletes have to learn how to fall without hurting themselves.运动员必须学会跌倒时不伤到自己。The picture's fallen behind the piano and I can't reach it.那幅画掉到钢琴后面了，我够不着。She fell under a bus and was killed instantly.她跌倒在汽车下面，当场被轧死了。The horse fell at the first fence.马在第一道栏前就摔倒了。I fell down the stairs and injured my back.我从楼梯上摔下来，后背受了伤。The dead woman looked as though she'd fallen from a great height.这个死了的女人看上去像是从很高的地方摔下来的。The water's deep here, so don't fall in!这儿的水深，不要掉进去。Ten miners were trapped underground when the roof of the tunnel fell in (= dropped down because of lack of support).隧道顶部坍塌，十名矿工被困在地下。 [FALL IN]He fell into the river and drowned.他掉进河里淹死了。She fell head first into a ditch.她一头栽进沟里。(fig.) We fell right into the enemy's trap (= We were completely deceived by the enemy).我们完全落入敌人的圈套。(fig.) Don't fall into the trap of (= make the mistake of ) thinking you can learn a foreign language without doing any work.不要以为你不做作业就可以学会一门外语。If you fall off that roof, you could injure yourself badly.你如果从房顶上摔下来，可能会伤得很重。She nearly fell off her chair (= She was very surprised) when she heard her exam result.她听到考试成绩时，吃惊得差一点从椅子上跌下来。[FALL 中的 fall off]He fell on his arm and hurt it badly.他摔倒时胳膊压在下面，伤得很重。[FALL ON]The child was leaning out of the window and fell out.那个孩子把身子探到窗外，掉下去了。As he opened the book, a couple of pages fell out.他打开书时，有几页掉下来了。(fig. infml) She was almost falling out of her dress (= She was showing a large amount of her breasts intentionally).她穿衣露胸太多。[FALL OUT , FALL OUT ]He fell through a hole onto the floor below.他从一个洞里掉到了下面的地上。[FALL THROUGH]She fell five metres to the bottom of the ravine.她向下跌了五米，掉入谷底。He fell to his death climbing the Matterhorn.他爬马特峰时摔死了。 [FALL TO , FALL TO ]Kathy fell flat on her face (= fell and landed with her face) in the mud.凯西脸朝下跌进了泥里。If a joke, idea or suggestion falls flat, it does not have the intended effect.失败，达不到预期效果Whenever he tries to tell a joke, it always falls flat.他讲笑话，都逗不笑别人。The Government's new scheme fell flat on its face (= It was completely unsuccessful).政府的新方案完全失败。If a person or object falls down/over, they move down from a standing or vertical position to a horizontal position on the ground.(人，物体)倒下Our apple tree fell down in the storm.我们的苹果树在暴风雨中刮倒了。Many buildings fell down when the cyclone hit Darwin.当旋风袭击达尔文市时，许多建筑物都被吹倒了。There was a single shot, and the stag fell down dead.只射了一枪，牡鹿就倒地死了。When I was learning to ski, I kept falling over.我学滑雪时，不断地摔跤。She tripped on the pavement and fell over.她在人行道上绊了一下，摔倒了。If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition and there is a risk that it will break into pieces and drop to the ground.(建筑物)摇摇欲坠Those apartment blocks must have been built badly because they're starting to fall down already.那些公寓楼的建筑一定很糟，因为它们已经开始摇摇欲坠了。If a plan falls down, it fails.(计划)失败Where do you think the plan falls down?你认为计划在哪方面不成功?I'm quite good at speaking Chinese, but I fall down on (= I am not very good at) the written work.我中文说得相当好，但不擅长写。(Br and Aus) If you fall over yourself/(Am) fall all over yourself to do something, you are very eager to do it.竭尽全力，渴望Publishers are falling over themselves to produce non-fiction for five to seven-year-olds. [+ to infinitive]出版商们都在竞相为五至七岁的孩子出版非小说类文学作品。(Br and Aus infml) If you fall about (laughing), you laugh uncontrollably.忍不住大笑We fell about when we heard her reply.我们听到她的回答时忍不住大笑。If someone falls by the wayside, they fail to complete something.半途而废，中途退出Ten per cent of last year's students fell by the wayside and never completed their course.去年10％的学生半途而废，再也没有完成课程。The company has managed to survive the recession while some of its competitors have fallen by the wayside.公司设法在经济衰退期支撑住了，而它的一些竞争者却中途倒闭了。If you fall to your knees/fall down on your knees, you go down on your knees to show respect.下跪(表示尊敬)The people all fell to their knees and began to pray.人们都跪下来开始祈祷。" The bigger they come ( or 'are'), the harder they fall " (believed to have been the boxer Robert Fitzsimmons, 1902)“个儿越大，摔得越重。”(据信指拳击手罗伯特·菲茨西蒙斯)"Jack fell down and broke his crown/ And Jill came tumbling after " (from the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill)“杰克(男孩)跌倒了，头皮跌破了;吉尔(女孩)走上来，跟着摔了跤。”(选自儿歌《杰克和吉尔》)
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