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单词 fall off
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fall off

phrasal verbwithfallverb
uk
/fɔːl/us
/fɑːl/
fell|fallen
If theamount,rate, orqualityof somethingfallsoff, itbecomessmallerorlower:
（数量）减少；（比率）下降；（质量）降低
Sales have beenfallingoffrecently.销量最近一直下滑。
Membership of theclubhasfallenoff inrecentmonths.最近几个月俱乐部的会员人数减少了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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fall-off
noun[S]
(alsofalloff)
uk
/ˈfɔːlˌɒf/us
/ˈfɑːlˌɑːf/
areductionin theamount,rate, orqualityof something:
下降；减少
Asharpfall-offinUS andEuropeandemandforChineseexportswould have abigeffecton Hong Kongcompanies.美国和欧洲对中国出口产品的需求大幅下降，将对香港企业产生重大影响。
We haveseenseenadramaticfalloff ofdemandin thefinalquarter.我们已经看到最后一个季度的需求急剧下降。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the fact of getting smaller or becoming less
  • decreaseThere has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
  • fallA fall in the price of petrol is unlikely.
  • fall-offThere's been a sharp fall-off in demand for the product since the company's scandal broke.
  • falling-offThere has been a slight falling-off in public sector employment growth.
  • riseThere has been a sharp rise in home sales this month.
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More examples
  • Despite thesuddenfall-off intourism, Wilson isoptimisticabout theprospectsforFrenchQuarterretailers.
  • Somecharitiesarereportinga falloff indonations.
  • Business at thosehotelshasplummetedmore than 50% since theattacks, and heexpectsa fall-off of 30% for therestof theyear.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
See more results »
(Definition offall offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fall off| American Dictionary

fall off

phrasal verbwithfallverb
us
/fɔl/
past tensefellus/fel/|past participlefallenus/ˈfɔ·lən/
tobecomeless innumber,amount, orquality:
Productionfell off lastmonth.
(Definition offall offfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

fall off| Business English

fall off

phrasal verbwithfallverb
uk
/fɔːl/us
fell|fallen
[I]
to getlowerinamountorlevel:
Orders havedefinitelyfallenoff in the pastquarter.
fall-off
noun[C]
uk
us
areductionin something such asprofits,sales, etc.:
a fall-off in sthThecompanyblamedthe fall-off inprofitsonhigheroperatingexpenses.
(Definition offall offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffall off

fall off
Finally, on decreasing once more the wavenumber s, one enter s the range where a distinct exponentialfall-offcan be seen.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The initialfall-off, the (occasionally rising) plateau and the sharp cut-off are present in each case.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The rapidfall-offof dose reduces the toxicity to normal tissue and is well-tolerated.
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Here, v (cm/sec) and 1(cm) are characteristic action potential speed andfall-offdistance in the density of corticocortical fibers, respectively.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They imply that my estimates for characteristicfall-offdistances in densities of excitatory and inhibitory fibers are arbitrary.
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This drasticfall-offcontinues out into peripheral vision, only slowing down at around 15 degrees of eccentricity.
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Instead, a monotonicfall-offin radiated harmonic with harmonic order is more likely.
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The conditioned profile they obtained was flat for < 0.1, breaking sharply to a linearfall-off.
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Finally, if the measurements were in the gas near field, non-ideal behaviour of the products and radiation could help to explain the more rapidfall-off.
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Thefall-offin the dust density is more rapid in the spherical case.
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Suprathermal particles with an approximate power-lawfall-offin velocity are a frequent feature of space plasmas.
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As discussed below, the principal reason for thisfall-offwas that on balance the early work failed to convincingly demonstrate a relationship between sleep and memory.
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Even at the extreme of the 95 % confidence limit, a significantfall-offin species numbers is not seen until sample size is reduced to 15 000.
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They increased these totals at the peak (at less than the national rate of increase), but above all both are marked by a rapidfall-offin the late period.
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As discussed above, the inverse cubicfall-offof peak pressure with distance is only dominant at distances so large that the flow velocity has reached its vacuum-limiting value.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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