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| 1 | stretched out or lying on a surface 平放的；平躺的；平卧的 |
| Carole says she’ s not comfortable lying flat. 卡萝尔说她平躺着不舒服。 |
| We heard a bang and threw ourselves flat on the ground. 我们听到砰的一声就马上趴在地上。 |
| He laid out the map flat on the table. 他在桌上铺开地图。 |
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| 2 | singing or playing musical notes that are slightly lower than they should be （唱歌或演奏时）音调偏低地 |
| Brenda has always sung terribly flat. 布伦达唱歌时音调总是低得厉害。 |
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| 3 | informal exactly: used for emphasizing how quickly something is done 正好，恰恰（强调做事迅速） |
| I fell asleep in five seconds flat! 我正好5秒钟就睡着了！ |
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| 4 | informal completely 完全地；彻底地 |
| They turned me down flat. 他们把我撞了个四脚朝天。 |
| flat broke (=having no money at all) We were flat broke at the time. 彻底破产 |
| go flat against sth (=completely ignore someone’ s authority) I warned you not to do it but you went flat against my advice. 对某事物全然不理睬 |
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| - | fallflat
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| to not succeed in entertaining someone or making them laugh |
| 没能使人发笑；沉闷 |
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| Without him the whole evening would have fallen flat. 要是没有他，整个晚上就会很沉闷。 |
| My attempt at a joke fell flat. 我想讲个笑话，但没能逗人发笑。 |
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| - | fallflat on your face
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| 1 | to fall forwards so that you are lying on your front 摔趴在地上 |
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| 2 | to fail completely , especially in an embarrassing way （尤指以尴尬的方式）完全失败，彻底失败 |
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| - | flat out informal
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| 1 | as quickly or with as much effort as possible 尽快地；竭力地 | He worked flat out from morning until night. 他竭尽全力从早干到晚。 | |
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| 2 | directly , without trying to avoid offending or upsetting people 直截了当地；坦率地 | Michael said flat out that he didn’ t believe me. 迈克尔坦率地告诉我他不相信我。 | |
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| 3 | AMERICAN completely and without doubt 完全地；无疑地 | He was just flat out wrong. 他完全错了。 | |
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