Downfall
['daʊnfɔːl] or ['daʊnfɔl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
(n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.
編輯:威拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Ruin, destruction, fall.
編輯:沃伦
同義詞及反義詞：
[See FALL]
手打:朱迪
例句/造句/用法:
- After his downfall, the Republic still ruled unassailable. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If fate would carry off in death or downfall all those who were timed to go, why need she trouble, why repudiate any further. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- With the downfall of the Mongolian (Yuan) dynasty (1368), the dwindling opportunity of the Christian missions passed altogether. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I was wondering, in my own mind, whether the day of his downfall had come at last, and whether you were the chosen instrument for working it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But Dixon was too loyal to desert her in her affliction and downfall (alias her married life). 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Perhaps they were a little prouder in their downfall than in their prosperity. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- World power or downfall was their formula; it gave their antagonists no alternative but a fight to a conclusive end. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Some of his generals have said so in their writings since the downfall of the Confederacy. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- By the second and third centuries A.D. the overtaxed and overstrained imperial machine was already staggering towards its downfall. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
整理:特蕾西