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🔑fallfall1 /fɔl / verb [intransitive] (past tense fell /fɛl / , past participle fall·en /ˈfɔlən /)➤drop down落下- to drop down toward the ground落下；跌落◆He fell off the ladder onto the grass.他从梯子上跌落，摔到草地上。◆Don't walk along that ledge – you might fall.不要在那窗沿上走，你会摔下去的。◆October came and the leaves started to fall.十月了，树叶开始掉落。◆The rain was falling steadily.雨一直下着。
➤stop standing倒下- fall (down / over) to suddenly stop standing突然倒下；跌倒◆She slipped on the ice and fell.她在冰上滑了一跤。◆The little boy fell down and hurt his knee.小男孩跌倒了，弄伤了膝盖。◆The tree fell over onto my car.树倒下压着我的车。
➤happen / occur发生- (formal) to come or happen来临；发生◆My birthday falls on a Sunday this year.今年我的生日是个星期天。◆In the word “interesting,” the stress falls on the first syllable.interesting 一词中，重音落在第一个音节。
➤of hair / material毛发；物料- to hang down下垂；低垂；垂下◆Her hair fell down over her shoulders.她的头发垂在肩上。
➤decrease减少- to become lower or less减少；下降◆The temperature is falling.温度在下降。◆The price of coffee has fallen again.咖啡的价格已经再次下跌。
➤die in battle阵亡- to be killed (in battle)阵亡
➤be defeated被打败- to be defeated被打败；落败；垮台◆The senator fell from power (= had to leave office) because of the scandal.那个参议员因为那桩丑闻辞职了。
➤become变成- to change into a different state; to become成为；变得◆He fell asleep on the sofa.他在沙发上睡着了。◆I need to get some new shoes – these ones are falling to pieces.我得买新鞋了，这双已经破烂不堪。
➤belong to a group属于群体- to belong to a particular group, type, etc.属于（某个群体、类型等）◆Animals fall into two groups: those with backbones and those without.动物分为两种：脊椎动物和无脊椎动物。
 ●fall flat(used about a joke, a story, an event, etc.) to fail to produce the effect that you wanted（笑话、故事、事件等）未达到预期效果●fall in love (with sb)to start to feel a strong affection and attraction for someone爱上（某人）；（与某人）开始恋爱◆They fell in love and were married within two months.他们恋爱了，不到两个月就结了婚。●fall short (of sth)not to be enough; not to reach something缺少；达不到◆The raise fell short of the union's demands.加薪幅度低于工会的要求。●fall / slip through the cracksto not be noticed, helped, or checked by anyone不被注意；被疏忽；被遗漏◆We need to make sure that no abused children fall through the cracks in the social services.我们要确保所有受虐儿童无一例外地得到社会福利的帮助。  ●fall apartto break (into pieces)破碎；解体◆My car is falling apart.我的车快散架了。●fall back on sb / sthto use someone or something when you are in difficulty（困难时）求助于，转而依靠◆If my new business isn't a success, we can always fall back on my wife's income.如果我的新公司不成功，我们总还可以依靠我妻子的收入过活。●fall for sb (informal) to fall in love with someone爱上；倾心于●fall for sth (informal) to be tricked into believing something that is not true对…信以为真◆He makes excuses and she falls for them every time.他总找借口，而她每次都信以为真。●fall out (with sb)to argue or fight (with someone)（与某人）吵翻，闹翻●fall throughto fail or not happen失败；落空◆Our trip to Japan fell through.我们的日本之行落空了。
🔑fallfall2 /fɔl / noun ➤season季节- [countable, usually singular] the season of the year that comes between summer and winter秋季；秋天◆I visited Europe in the fall of 2003.2003 年秋天我游历了欧洲。◆fall weather秋季的天气 ➡ look at autumn
➤act of falling落下- [countable] an act of falling down or off something落下；坠落；跌落◆She had a bad fall while she was skiing.她滑雪时重重地摔了一跤。
➤decrease减少- [countable] a decrease in value, quantity, etc.（价值、数量等的）减少，减小，降低◆There has been a sharp fall in the price of oil.石油价格骤跌。 SYN drop OPP rise
➤water水- [countable, usually plural] (
geography地理) a waterfall瀑布◆Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布
➤defeat失败- [singular] the fall of sth (
politics政治, history历史) a (political) defeat（政治上的）失败，衰亡◆the fall of the Roman Empire罗马帝国的衰亡
➨ LANGUAGE BANK用语库falldescribing a decrease描述减少的情况Car crime in Greenville fell significantly / by about a quarter last year.格林维尔去年的汽车犯罪大幅下降／下降了大约 25%。The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 221 to 120, a fall / decline of nearly 46 percent.被盗车辆的数量从 221 辆降到 120 辆，降幅将近 46%。According to this data, 160 vehicles were stolen, down 26% from the previous year.根据此数据，160 辆车被盗，比前一年少 26%。Greenville also experienced an 11% drop in domestic burglaries, from 431 last year to 382 this year.格林维尔的入室盗窃案也减少了 11%，从去年的 431 宗降到今年的 382 宗。 |