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单词 cropper
释义
cropper
noun
informal
uk
/ˈkrɒp.ər/us
/ˈkrɑː.pɚ/
come a cropper
tofailbadly, or tofallfrom ahorseor have abadaccidentin avehicle:
惨遭失败；（从马上）摔下；发生严重车祸
Ifoutsidebuyersorsupplierslosefaith, acompanycan come a cropper veryquickly.如果一家公司的外部买家或供应商失去了信心，这家公司就会很快崩溃。
She came analmightycropper when her backwheelshitanicypatch.她的后车轮轧上了一块结冰的路面，出了严重的车祸。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to not work or happen as intended
  • failWe tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
  • fall apartThings were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
  • fall to piecesThe plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
  • fall throughOur plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
  • crackThe Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rebound
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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Falling and dropping
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
(Definition ofcropperfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcropper

cropper
Fixing prices for bread or imposing differential duties on wheat and flour imports according to the current local political situation sought protection for croppers, albeit not very efficiently.
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In the end we shall come acropperby doing it this way.
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It is no good saying that things will not come acropper.
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There is evidence that in information technology and telematique technology they may already be coming acropper.
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I think he rather came acropperthere, but the fact remains that the unit controllers were drawn from the industry.
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Let me add that when it is strictly applied one always comes acropper.
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If one fights an election without believing in what one is saying, one will come acropperand have to change policies overnight.
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It is precisely where it came acropperlast time—the discrepancy between the party's spending ambitions and the amount of money likely to be available.
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Those who seek to forecast interest rates often come acropper.
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A few minutes ago they almost came acropperon a very minor amendment about security charges.
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If we are 2,000,000 bales uncovered bulls we may come a very nastycropper.
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Any inconvenience to legitimate croppers of deer would—speaking as one of them—be entirely acceptable for the protection of their interests.
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There is no worse sharecropper.
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They are enormous croppers and good keepers.
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He will come acropper.
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