fall in
- (屋顶、天花板)塌陷,坍塌
verb
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- break down, literally or metaphorically
- The wall collapsed
- The business collapsed
- The dam broke
- The roof collapsed
- The wall gave in
- The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
- Synonym: collapse cave in give give way break founder
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- to take one's place in a military formation or line
- Troops fall in!
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- become part of;become a member of a group or organization
- He joined the Communist Party as a young man
- Synonym: join get together
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It has been three years since the roof started to fall in .
从屋顶开始坍塌到现在,3年过去了。
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The roof threatened to fall in .
屋顶有坍塌的危险。
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A fall in interest rates is a strong probability in the present economic climate .
在目前的经济形势下,降低利率大有可能。
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A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence .
失业人数的下降会有助于恢复消费者的信心。
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Last year 's profits were swelled by a fall in production costs .
去年因生产成本下降,利润有所增加。
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How could she have been so foolish as to fall in love with him ?
她怎么这么傻,竟爱上了他?
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Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate .
有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。
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The government claims that the fall in unemployment is the herald of economic recovery .
政府宣称失业人数减少是经济复苏的先兆。
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The sergeant ordered his men to fall in .
中士命令士兵集合。
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Critics say his reforms have caused the fall in living standards .
批评家说他的改革措施导致了生活水准下降。
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Slowly but surely she started to fall in love with him
虽然过程缓慢,但她无疑开始爱上他了。
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The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure .
该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。
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The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession .
通货膨胀的下降是长期经济衰退中的一线转机。
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She 's afraid she 's going to be hurt and that she 'll never fall in love again
她害怕自己会受到伤害,从而永远不会再恋爱了。
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Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues .
经理们发现自己的收入相应地减少了。
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Carmen 's reluctance to fall in with Driver 's plans led to trouble .
卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划,由此引来了麻烦。
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The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels
核运营成本的计算由于其他燃料的降价而出现了偏差。
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Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer .
普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
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House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property as such . The fall in prices in the South-East results largely from the high rate of interest on mortgages
房价很容易受与地产本身无关的因素所影响。东南部房价的下跌很大程度上是由于抵押贷款利率的上涨所引起的。
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I had to fall in with her wishes as much as possible .
我不得不尽量顺从她的意愿。
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(口令) Fall in !
集合!
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If you step on the floor trap you 'll fall in .
一脚踩在消息儿上,人就会掉下去。
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The captain ordered his men to fall in at once .
上尉命令他的士兵立即集合。
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Order the whole platoon to fall in .
命令全排战士集合。
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Stock market quotations in Hong Kong are expected to fall in the next few days .
这两天香港股票行情看跌。
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This approach has led over time to a fall in smoking with numbers having roughly halved since the 1970s .
经过一段时间,这种措施导致吸烟人数减少,自20世纪70年代以来吸烟人数几乎下降了一半。
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Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past .
莎拉·约翰逊承认,全球经济因油价下跌而获得的利益大不如前。
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A preliminary review of Mexico 's taxation found a fall in purchases of taxed drinks as well as a rise in sales of untaxed and healthier drinks .
对墨西哥税收的初步审查发现,被收税的酒水购买力下降,而未征税的更健康饮品的销售量却有所上升。
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The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones .
富国农业总增长率高于穷国。
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I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time , you will get better at it .
我学到了一点,如果你有了爱好就坚持下去,总会有进步。