fallen
英 ['fɔːl(ə)n]
美 ['fɔlən]
- adj. 堕落的；落下来的；陷落的
- v. 落下；跌倒（fall的过去分词）
英文词源
- fallen (adj.)
- c. 1400, past participle adjective from fall (v.). Used figuratively for "morally ruined" by 1620s, from the verb in the sense "yield to temptation" (especially in reference to women and chastity), attested from c. 1200. Meaning "those who have died" attested by 1765. Fallen angel is from 1680s; fallen woman by 1748.
双语例句
- 1. The bus is said to have over-turned and fallen into a ravine.
- 据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。
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- 2. He's been very unlucky that no chances have fallen to him.
- 他很不走运，机会一次也没有落到他头上。
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- 3. Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
- 粮食生产已经跟不上人口增长。
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- 4. A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
- 下了数英寸厚的粉状干雪。
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- 5. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.
- 他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。
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