| 单词 | fall |
| 例句 | fall verb 1.•bombs began to fall:drop, descend, come down, go down | plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble | cascade. ANT rise. 2.•he tripped and fell:topple over, tumble over, keel over, fall down/over, go head over heels, go headlong, collapse, take a spill, pitch forward | trip, stumble, slip | informal come a cropper. ANT get up. 3.•the river began to fall:subside, recede, ebb, flow back, fall away, go down, sink. ANT rise, flood. 4.•inflation will fall:decrease, decline, diminish, fall off, drop off, lessen, dwindle | plummet, plunge, slump, sink | depreciate, cheapen, devalue | informal go through the floor, nosedive, take a header, crash. ANT rise, increase. 5.•the Mogul empire fell:decline, deteriorate, degenerate, go downhill, go to rack and ruin | decay, wither, fade, fail | informal go to the dogs, go to pot, go down the toilet. ANT rise, flood, increase, flourish. 6.•those who fell in the war:die, perish, lose one's life, be killed, be slain, be lost, meet one's death | informal bite the dust, croak, buy it, buy the farm. ANT flourish. 7.•the town fell to the barbarians:surrender to, yield to, submit to, give in to, capitulate to, succumb to | be taken by, be defeated by, be conquered by, be overwhelmed by. ANT resist. 8.•Easter fell on April 11th:occur, take place, happen, come about | arise | literary come to pass. 9.•night fell:come, arrive, appear, arise, materialize. 10.•she fell ill:become, grow, get, turn. 11.•more tasks may fall to him:be the responsibility of, be the duty of, be borne by, be one's job | come someone's way.▶noun 1.•an accidental fall:tumble, trip, spill, topple, slip | collapse | informal nosedive, header, cropper. 2.•a fall in sales:decline, falloff, drop, decrease, cut, dip, reduction, downswing | plummet, plunge, slump | informal nosedive, crash. ANT increase. 3.•the fall of the Roman Empire:downfall, collapse, ruin, ruination, failure, decline, deterioration, degeneration | destruction, overthrow, demise. ANT increase, rise, ascent. 4.•the fall of the city:surrender, capitulation, yielding, submission | defeat. ANT rise. 5.•a steep fall down to the ocean:descent, declivity, slope, slant, incline, downgrade. ANT ascent. 6.•the fall of man:sin, wrongdoing, transgression, error, offense, lapse, fall from grace, original sin. 7. (falls) •rafting trips below the falls:waterfall, cascade, cataract | rapids, white water. PHRASES fall apart •the old teacup fell apart in my hands:fall to pieces, fall to bits, come apart (at the seams) | disintegrate, fragment, break up, break apart, crumble, decay, perish | informal bust. fall asleep •I almost fell asleep at work:doze off, drop off, go to sleep | informal nod off, go off, drift off, crash, conk out, go out like a light, sack out. fall away •the ground here falls away abruptly:slope down, slope, slant down, go down, drop, drop away, descend, dip, sink, plunge. fall back •the troops were ordered to fall back:retreat, withdraw, back off, draw back, pull back, pull away, move away. fall back on •I can always fall back on my career in landscaping:resort to, turn to, look to, call on, have recourse to | rely on, depend on, lean on. fall behind 1.•the other walkers fell behind:lag, lag behind, trail, trail behind, be left behind, drop back, bring up the rear | straggle, dally, dawdle, hang back. 2.•they fell behind on their payments:get into debt, get into arrears, default, be in the red. fall for 1.•she fell for John:fall in love with, become infatuated with, lose one's heart to, take a fancy to, be smitten with/by, be attracted to | informal have the hots for. 2.•she won't fall for that trick:be deceived by, be duped by, be fooled by, be taken in by, believe, trust, be convinced by | informal go for, buy, 'swallow (hook, line, and sinker)'. fall in 1.•the roof fell in:collapse, cave in, crash in, fall down | give way, crumble, disintegrate. 2.•the soldiers fell in:get in formation, get in line, line up, take one's position. 3.•he fell in with a bad crowd:get involved, take up, join up, go around, make friends | informal hang, hang out. fall off See fall on •the army fell on the rebels:attack, assail, assault, fly at, set about, set upon | pounce upon, ambush, surprise, rush, storm, charge | informal jump, lay into, have a go at. fall out •let's not fall out over something so silly:quarrel, argue, row, fight, squabble, bicker, have words, disagree, be at odds, clash, wrangle, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads, be at each other's throats | informal scrap. fall short •we sincerely hope that our fundraising efforts will not fall short:be deficient, be inadequate, be insufficient, be wanting, be lacking, disappoint | informal not come up to scratch, not come up to snuff. fall short of •the results fell short of what was expected:fail to meet, fail to reach, fail to live up to. fall through •the deal fell through:fail, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, miscarry, abort, go awry, collapse, founder, come to grief | informal fizzle out, flop, fold, come a cropper, go over like a lead balloon. |
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