come to grief

短语

遭到不幸, 遭难, 失败

发音

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词形变化

came to grief comes to grief 三单 comes to grief coming to grief coming to grief 现在分词 came to grief 过去式

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To suffer a disastrous outcome.

    习语

    J. R. R. Tolkien These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.