fall by the wayside

短语
大学

[体]被淘汰

发音

UK /ˈfɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/
AU
US /ˈfɔl baɪ ðə ˈweɪˌsaɪd/

词形变化

fallen by the wayside falling by the wayside falls by the wayside 三单 falls by the wayside fell by the wayside falling by the wayside 现在分词 fell by the wayside 过去式 fallen by the wayside 过去式 fallen by the wayside 过去分词

教材释义与例句

半途而废；中途退出；落在路旁

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

    虎头蛇尾

    习语

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

quit drop out give up throw in the towel chuck up the sponge throw in

上位词 8

stop break quit cease discontinue break off give up lay off

词源

From the Parable of the Sower told by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, the term appearing in Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, and Luke 8:5. The parable is the story of a farmer who sows seed, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5). Jesus then explains: “The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside, are they that hear: then cometh the Devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.” (Luke 8:11–12, King James Version, spelling modernized.) The English term is derived from Ancient Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (épesen parà tḕn hodón, literally “fell beside the path”).

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