downfall

英 ['daʊnfɔːl] 美 ['daʊnfɔːl]

• n. 垮台；暴雨；衰落的原因

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]垮台，衰落

   collapse

2. [S]垮台(或衰落等)的原因

   sth that causes a sudden fall from a high position

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 垮台
2. 垮台的原因
3. 落下
4. 没落
5. 坠落
6. 堕落
7. 覆灭
8. 大阵雨
9. 陷落
10. 衰落
11. 衰落的原因
12. 衰败
13. 身败名裂
14. 崩溃
15. 衰微
16. 悴然下降
17. 不硬气
18. 坍方
19. 滚落

英英释义

Noun:

1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

3. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;

   "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall.
   他创建起来的组织到头来却成为促使他倒台的根本原因了。
2. A downfall is expected, so take an umbrella.
   估计要下大雨,把伞带上。
3. Pride was his downfall.
   骄傲是他垮台的原因。
4. He is not a snob and therein lay his downfall.
   他不是个势利小人，而他失败的原因正在于此。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Various factors contributed to his downfall.
   多种因素导致了他的垮台。
2. Greed was his downfall.
   贪得无厌就是他堕落的缘由。

经典引文

• The downfall of his great expectations.

  出自： W. Irving

• The..intellectual arrogance which led to his downfall in Greats.

  出自： R. P. Graves

近反义词

【近义词】

• ruin 毁灭
• failure 失败
• defeat 挫败
• overthrow 推翻
• upset 心烦的
• downpour 倾盆大雨
• flood 淹没
• cloudburst 倾盆大雨
• rainstorm 暴风雨
• decline 下降
• decay (使)衰退
• fall 落下
• end 结束
• demise 死亡
• precipitation 仓促
• ruination 毁灭