单词 | fa11 away |
释义 | fa11 away 1.diminish;decline 减少; 衰落;减弱 *The wind fell away and all was calm.风变小了,周围一片寂静。 *The number of people coming to the club has fallen away a lot.来俱乐部的人数大大减少了。 *Attendances are falling away steadily.出勤率在逐渐下降。 2.go away;vanish离开;消失All his old friends fell away from him.老朋友们都疏远了他。 *The old customs have fallen away into disuse.这些旧风俗已经废弃了。 3.fall out and down;drop away 脱落;落掉 *Flowers are falling away.花在凋谢。 *The stones have fallen away from the side of the house.房子侧面的石头脱落了。 4.decay;betray 变质;背叛 *Atrue revolutionary should never fall away in time of danger.一个真正的革命者在危急时刻绝不应该背叛。 *Meat is kept from falling away in cold storage.肉放进冷藏库以防变质。 5.move back;retreat返回;撤回 *He fell back in surprise.他被吓得往后退缩。 *Badly beaten,the enemy had to fall back in disorder.敌军被打得一败涂地,乱成一团向后撤退。 *As the enemy advanced,we fell back.敌人进攻时我们就后退。 *The audience fell back into silence.观众又静了下来。 *fall back on/upon 1.rely on;turn to sb.for help依赖;求助于 *Doctors sometimes fall back on old cures when modern medicine does not work.当现代药物不管用时,医生有时依靠古老的医疗方法。 *It's good to have a friend to fall back on.有个可依靠的朋友是很好的。 *When the big bills for his wife's hospital care came,he was glad he had money in the bank to fall back on.当他收到妻子的一大笔住院费的帐单时,他因为银行里有一笔钱而感到欣慰。 *We can always fall back upon Bill when we are in difficulties if we can't get anyone else.遇到困难时,如果找不到别人,我们随时都可以求助于比尔。 2.go back to回过来再谈;重提 *You must fall back on what you said at the meeting.你必须回过来把会上讲的再说一遍。 |
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