downfall

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n. 衰败, 大雨

发音

其它 /ˈdaʊnfɔːl/
其它 /daʊnˈfɔːl/

词形变化

downfalls 复数 downfalls downfallen downfalls 三单 downfell downfalling 现在分词 downfell 过去式 downfallen 过去式 downfallen 过去分词

别名

downefall downfal

教材释义与例句

名词

垮台;衰败;落下;大雨

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.

    倒台

    可数 不可数

    Many economic and political reasons led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.

  2. 2.

    The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.

    可数 不可数

    Orson Scott Card It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.

  3. 3.

    An act of falling down.

    可数 不可数

    a downfall of rain

v.
  1. 1.

    To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

    不及物

    It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude.

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词源

From down- + fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.

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