| 词汇 | fall to pieces |
| 释义 | fall to piecesfall to pieces 1 a) BREAKto break into many pieces 破碎，破裂 SYN fall apart The book had been well used and finally fell to pieces. 这本书被频繁使用，最后散了架。 b) STOP HAPPENINGif something such as a plan or a relationship falls to pieces, it stops working properly 〔计划或关系等〕崩盘，破裂 SYN fall apart The family is falling to pieces. 这个家庭散了。 Examples from the Corpus fall to pieces/bits• After he left, I fell to pieces.• As a result, now that the autumn rains were here, it was already showing signs of falling to pieces.• Being a super-duper well-'ard off-road jobbie, your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits.• He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.• The media seemed to be willing the marriage to fall to pieces.• There's a difference between consciously colouring a passage and not being able to control a voice that is falling to bits.• The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.• Supposing the union fell to pieces, these were the fracture lines along which it would naturally break. → fall to pieces/bits at fall1(6) 2 BREAK a) to become old and in bad condition 破败，残破 All my clothes are falling to pieces. 我所有的衣服都破旧不堪。 They’ve let that lovely old house fall to pieces around them. 他们任由那所漂亮的老房子在他们身边日渐衰败。 b) to no longer be successful or working well 没落；崩溃，瓦解 The economy is falling to pieces. 经济日渐凋零。 Examples from the Corpus fall to pieces• I suppose it's just about falling to pieces.• He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.• After he left, I fell to pieces.• The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.• As a result, now that the autumn rains were here, it was already showing signs of falling to pieces.• The house was filthy, she realized, practically falling to pieces.• If reforms are not carried out soon, the economy will simply fall to pieces.• The media seemed to be willing the marriage to fall to pieces.• Supposing the union fell to pieces, these were the fracture lines along which it would naturally break.• The vase fell to pieces as soon as it hit the floor.• Stacy would fall to pieces if she knew Gary was cheating on her. → fall to pieces at piece1(1) |
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