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单词 flop
释义
flop
verb
uk
/flɒp/us
/flɑːp/
-pp-

flopverb(FALL)

[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tofallordropheavily:
重重地落下（或掉下）
Hugh'shairkeepsfloppingover/intohiseyes.休的头发老是垂下来遮住眼睛／垂进眼睛里。
When she getshomefromschool, she's sotiredall she can do is flopdowninfrontof thetelevision.放学回家后，她累得除了一屁股坐在电视机前之外，什么也做不了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving downwards
  • cascade
  • descend
  • dive
  • drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom
  • fall
  • fall down
  • freefall
  • go down
  • parachute
  • plantarflexion
  • pronation
  • put
  • putsomething/someonedown
  • rain(something)down
  • set
  • setsomethingdown
  • sink
  • spiral
  • subside
  • touch
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flopverb(FAIL)

[I]
If abook,play,film, etc. flops, it is notsuccessful:
（书、戏剧、电影等）砸锅，完全失败
Her firstbookflopped, but her secondbecameabestseller.她的第一本书很失败，但是第二本成了畅销书。
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
  • flub
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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flop
noun
uk
/flɒp/us
/flɑːp/

flopnoun(FAILURE)

[Cusually singular]informal
afailure:
失败，不成功
Theplaywas acomplete/totalflop.这出戏彻底砸了锅。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
someone or something that is not successful
  • failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure.
  • successThe operation was a success.
  • turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey.
  • clunkerUSThat pitch was a real clunker.
  • bombUSHis website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet.
  • dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failures
  • another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
  • bloodbath
  • brain freeze
  • breakdown
  • busted flush
  • car crash
  • foul(something)up
  • freefall
  • game overidiom
  • hash
  • lemon
  • lost cause
  • lulu
  • mess
  • nail
  • slim pickings
  • slush pile
  • track record
  • train wreck
  • turkey
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flopnoun(FALL)

[S]
anoccasionwhen someone or somethingfallsordropsheavily:
重重地落下（或掉下）
Hefellwith a flop on thebed.他重重地倒在床上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving downwards
  • cascade
  • descend
  • dive
  • drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom
  • fall
  • fall down
  • freefall
  • go down
  • parachute
  • plantarflexion
  • pronation
  • put
  • putsomething/someonedown
  • rain(something)down
  • set
  • setsomethingdown
  • sink
  • spiral
  • subside
  • touch
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(Definition offlopfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flop| American Dictionary

flop
verb
us
/flɑp/
-pp-

flopverb(FALL)

[Ialways+ adv/prep]
tofallordropheavily:
Anewbornbaby’sheadflopsbackwardif you don’tsupportit.

flopverb(FAIL)

[I]infml
tofail:
Her firstbookflopped, but her secondbecameabestseller.
flop
noun
us
/flɑp/

flopnoun(FAILURE)

[Cusually sing]infml
afailure:
Themoviewas acompleteflop.

flopnoun(FALL)

[U]
aheavydroporfall:
Hefellwith a flop on thebed.
(Definition offlopfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

flop| Business English

flop
noun[C]
informal
uk
/flɒp/us
anunsuccessfulproduct,plan, etc.:
Thefilmwas the firstcommercialflop of the director'scareer.
Theplantocreateaseparateinternetsubsidiaryproveda flop.
a complete/total/expensive flopThe newmobiletechnologyturnedout to be anexpensiveflop.
flop
verb[T]
informal
uk
/flɒp/us
to beunsuccessful:
Many of thebiginternetcompaniesin the US have floppedbadlyinChina.
(Definition offlopfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflop

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We cannot go flopping along like this every year, with incomes roaring ahead, and then a large increase in income tax.
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The answer to that is that at the same time and in the same period there were other quotations which were not flops at all.
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We have here a story of three flops.
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The cash is being poured out because the buy-your-home campaign has flopped.
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Indeed, it would be bad for this country if it flopped and went bust, which could happen.
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Is it not also the case that that ill thought out plan has flopped badly and is monumentally unpopular with employers and its potential clients?
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If the issue flops because the share price has been set too high, we hear the same yells of derision.
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Is not the truth that it was one of its biggest flops?
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The cinema industry is a mixture of many flops and occasional successes.
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The new programme appears to be flopping because it is not attracting enough people.
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When it came to the substance, he flopped it.
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He will conduct experiments in so-called open enrolment and opting out, and in budget management by head teachers that has flopped wherever it has been rehearsed.
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The album failed to chart a major hit, with the title track flopping in comparison to previous lead singles.
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Behind those forgotten hits and semi-hits lurked hundreds, if not thousands, of regional hits and flops from the same era, most even rawer and cruder....
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Most of the films he directed during the period ended up being flops.
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