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downfall

US [ˈdaʊnˌfɔl]
UK [ˈdaʊnˌfɔːl]
  • n.垮台；衰落；衰败；衰落（或衰败、垮台）的原因
  • Web帝国毁灭；帝国的毁灭；落下
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downfall
n.
1.
衰落；衰败；垮台；衰落（或衰败、垮台）的原因the loss of a person's money, power, social position, etc.; the thing that causes this
The sex scandal finally led to his downfall.
这桩绯闻最终使他身败名裂。
Greed was her downfall.
贪得无厌就是她堕落的缘由。

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All that was necessary for the downfall of communism, he used to say, was for the barriers of fear and passivity to fall.
他常说到，我们要具有所有让共产主义倒台所必需品质，这些也能让人克服恐惧并积极地战斗起来。
tā cháng shuō dào , wǒ men yào jù yǒu suǒ yǒu ràng gòng chǎn zhǔ yì dǎo tái suǒ bì xū pǐn zhì , zhè xiē yě néng ràng rén kè fú kǒng jù bìng jī jí de zhàn dòu qǐ lái 。
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He said the press had been giving "dates" for his downfall, but that he would not flee the country as predicted by his enemies.
他说，媒体已经给他设了下台的“大限”，但是他不会像敌人说的那样逃离巴基斯坦。
tā shuō , méi tǐ yǐ jīng gěi tā shè le xià tái de " dà xiàn " , dàn shì tā bú huì xiàng dí rén shuō de nà yàng táo lí bā jī sī tǎn 。
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Gods punishment is about to begin, the enemies have invaded and you to save mankind, only do a betrayal of Gods downfall was the Seraph.
上帝的惩罚就要开始了，敌人就要入侵了，而你为了拯救人类，只能做一个背叛上帝的堕落六翼天使了。
shàng dì de chéng fá jiù yào kāi shǐ le , dí rén jiù yào rù qīn le , ér nǐ wèi le zhěng jiù rén lèi , zhǐ néng zuò yī gè bèi pàn shàng dì de duò luò liù yì tiān shǐ le 。
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The highest pitch of every passion is always to will its own downfall .
激情在其至高点时总是情愿自身悴然下降。
jī qíng zài qí zhì gāo diǎn shí zǒng shì qíng yuàn zì shēn cuì rán xià jiàng 。
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He reflected on the options which had been open to him, one of which had led to his downfall.
他反省那些自己以前一直可有的选择，其中有一选择导致了他的垮台。
tā fǎn xǐng nà xiē zì jǐ yǐ qián yì zhí kě yǒu de xuǎn zé , qí zhōng yǒu yī xuǎn zé dǎo zhì le tā de kuǎ tái 。
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Egypt's young liberal middle-classes are discovering that they were not the only forces set free by the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak.
埃及奉行自由主义的年轻中产阶层开始发现，胡斯尼•穆巴拉克（HosniMubarak）总统下台后，并不是只有他们得到了解放。
āi jí fèng xíng zì yóu zhǔ yì de nián qīng zhōng chǎn jiē céng kāi shǐ fā xiàn , hú sī ní • mù bā lā kè ( HosniMubarak ) zǒng tǒng xià tái hòu , bìng bú shì zhǐ yǒu tā men dé dào le jiě fàng 。
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Critics of stem-cell research would be wrong to see Hwang's downfall as vindication of their broader moral complaints.
干细胞研究的批评者倘若把黄禹锡的下台看作是对更广泛的道德控诉的一个证明，那么他们就错了。
gàn xì bāo yán jiū de pī píng zhě tǎng ruò bǎ huáng yǔ xī de xià tái kàn zuò shì duì gèng guǎng fàn de dào dé kòng sù de yī gè zhèng míng , nà me tā men jiù cuò le 。
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The last time we walked on Earth with you in a peaceful period, was in Atlantean times long before its downfall.
最后一次我们与你们在一个和平的时期并肩同行的时刻，曾经是在很久以前的亚特兰蒂斯时代，在它毁灭之前。
zuì hòu yī cì wǒ men yǔ nǐ men zài yī gè hé píng de shí qī bìng jiān tóng xíng de shí kè , céng jīng shì zài hěn jiǔ yǐ qián de yà tè lán dì sī shí dài , zài tā huǐ miè zhī qián 。
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Governments worldwide are also clearly trying to bail themselves out of a situation that will lead to their downfall.
世界各国政府也清楚地试图保护他们脱离导致他们的垮台的形势。
shì jiè gè guó zhèng fǔ yě qīng chǔ de shì tú bǎo hù tā men tuō lí dǎo zhì tā men de kuǎ tái de xíng shì 。
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About the declining man we question thee, Gotama. We have come to ask the Blessed One: What is the cause of his downfall?
我们请教乔达摩关于人的毁灭，我们前来询问世尊：毁灭的原因是什么？
wǒ men qǐng jiào qiáo dá mó guān yú rén de huǐ miè , wǒ men qián lái xún wèn shì zūn : huǐ miè de yuán yīn shì shén me ?
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