downfall是什么意思

2023-12-11 21:45:17

downfall

美[daʊnfɔːl] 英[daʊnfɔːl]

n. 垮台；暴雨；衰落的原因

近义词：ruin，failure，defeat，overthrow，upset，downpour，flood，cloudburst，rainstorm，decline，decay，fall，end，demise，precipitation，ruination，

n.(名词)

n.(名词)

Noun

failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

用作名词(n.)

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。
A downfall is expected, so take an umbrella.估计要下大雨,把伞带上。
Pride was his downfall.骄傲是他垮台的原因。
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。