fall flat 详细解释

fall flat

没达到预期效果,失败

1. 直挺挺地倒下

She fell flat on her face as she got out of the car.

她一下车便直挺挺地脸朝下倒了下去。

2. 达不到预想效果; 彻底失败

That deal fell flat. Nobody was interested at all.

那交易彻底失败, 无人再有任何兴趣。

His jokes all fell flat.

他的那些笑话都不好笑。

英英释义

动词 fall flat:

fail utterly; collapse

同义词:fall through, founder, flop

补充

fall flatfall flat1.完全失败; 未产生预期的效果The poor performance fell flat.蹩脚的表演彻底失败了。His joke fell flat because nobody understood it.他的笑话没有奏效, 因为大家听不懂。

例句

1. He fell flat to the ground.他跌倒在地。 2. This suggestion fell flat at the meeting;no one thought it a good idea.这个建议在会上没有引起人们的兴趣,没有人认为它是个好主意。 3. His performance fell flat.他的演出失败了。 4. All of his jokes fell flat. [=no one laughed at his jokes]他讲的那些笑话没有一个人笑。