go under
phrasal verbwithgoverbuk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/present participlegoing|past tensewent|past participlegone
(SINK)
tosink:
沉下去,沉没Theshipwent under justminutesafter the lastpassengerhad beenrescued.最后一名乘客获救后仅几分钟轮船就沉没了。
Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail out
- buoy
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- buoyantly
- capsize
- ducking
- float
- floatation
- flotation
- founder
- ground
- keel over
- kickboard
- outrigger
- refloat
- ride
- scupper
- sunken
- waterlogged
(FAIL)
If acompanygoes under, itfailsfinancially:
破产,倒闭,垮掉Thecharitywill go underunlessagenerousdonorcan befoundwithin the next fewmonths.除非能在今后几个月中找到一位捐赠者慷慨解囊,否则这家慈善机构将会倒闭。
to stop operating permanently
- close downWith sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another.
- closeMany of the shops in the High Street have closed recently.
- shut downThe bookshop is shutting down after 25 years of business.
- shutUKSeveral of the bank's local branches are shutting.
- shut up shopUKThe seaside businesses all shut up shop during the winter.
- go/put out of businessMy favourite ice cream shop went out of business last summer.
Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be running on fumesidiom
- belly
- dying
- fold
- go darkidiom
- go to the wallidiom
- growth hacker
- growth hacking
- have a corner on a marketidiom
- receiver
- soft launch
- spin
- spinsomethingoff
- start (something) up
- subscale
- turn around