meet one's Waterloo

短语

遭遇滑铁卢

发音

UK /ˈmiːt wʌnz ˌwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈluː/
AU
US /ˈmit wʌnz ˌwɔtɚˈluː/
US /ˌwɑ-/
US /ˈwɔtɚˌluː/
US /ˈwɑ-/
US /-ɾɚ-/

词形变化

meeting one's Waterloo meets one's Waterloo 三单 meets one's Waterloo met one's Waterloo meeting one's Waterloo 现在分词 met one's Waterloo 过去式 met one's Waterloo 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.

    遭遇滑铁卢

词源

A reference to Napoleon’s defeat by armies of Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, which marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo is a municipality south of Brussels in what is now the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

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