The enemies are scheming her downfall. 敌人正在策划使她垮台。
His pride procured his downfall. 他的骄傲使他垮台了。
His downfall was a great sensation of the day. 他的垮台是当时耸人听闻的大事件。
Arguments within the party played a part in the downfall of the government. 党派内部的纷争是政府垮台的原因之一。
The introduction of a new tax accounted in some measure for the downfall of the government. 这届政府的垮台在某种程度上归因于徵收一种新税。
In chapter thirteen, Aristotle outlines an ideal of the central character of tragedy, the so-called tragic hero, and identifies the source of the character's downfall with something called hamartia. 在第十三章,亚里斯多德描画了一个悲剧中心角色--悲剧主人公的理想,并指出该角色的堕落是因为一种叫“悲剧性缺陷”(hamartia)的东西。