| 单词 | thesaurus/fall-apart |
| 释义 | Thesaurus: synonyms and antonyms offall apartin Englishfall apartThesaurus>to break>fall apart These are words and phrases related tofall apart. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or,go to the definition of fall apart. TO BREAKI've only had these shoes for a week and they're already falling apart. Synonyms and examples break I didn't mean to break your phone. fracture Last year he fractured his skull. bustinformal One of the children has bust the computer. shatter The ball hit the window and shattered it. smash I dropped the vase and it smashed. snap She bent the ruler and it snapped. chip I chipped the cup when I was putting it away. crack A stone hit the window and cracked it. split The wood had split. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms offall apart. See also breakable fragile delicate brittle weak break down stop working crash fail broken dead defunct bustedmainlyUSinformal out of order have had itinformal kaputinformal on the blinkinformal on the fritzUSinformal Learn moreIf somethingbreaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something iseasily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehiclebreaks down, it stops working. If something is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition, it isbroken. TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDEDThings were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart. Synonyms and examples fail We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed. fall to pieces The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces. fall through Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute. crackinformal The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations. go belly upmainlyUSinformal I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year. fall short The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short. fall between two stools The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers. go down the panUKinformal I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan. go pear-shapedUKinformal All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped. come to nothing All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing. bite the dust Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust. come a cropperinformal The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward. go down the tubesinformal Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes. crash and burninformal Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1. flop His debut film flopped at the box office. bombmainlyUSinformal The play absolutely bombed. Antonym and example succeed The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms offall apart. See also failure breakdown meltdown collapse washoutinformal fiasco debacle omnishamblesUKinformal flameoutUSinformal non-success inefficacyformal success turkeyinformal clunkerUSinformal dudinformal lemonmainlyUSinformal be a disasterinformal loserinformal lame duck no-hoperUK non-starterinformal default malpractice dereliction neglect negligence lapse non-fulfilmentUK non-action inactionformal Learn moreWhen something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should. |
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