1.[i]落下；下落；掉落；跌落to drop down from a higher level to a lower level
September had come and the leaves were starting to fall.已到九月了，树叶开始凋落。
They were injured by falling rocks.他们被落石砸伤了。
Several of the books had fallen onto the floor.这些书有几本掉到了地上。
One of the kids fell into the river.小孩中有一个掉进了河里。
The handle had fallen off the drawer.抽屉的拉手掉了。
He fell 20 metres onto the rocks below.他掉到下面 20 米处的岩石上。
The rain was falling steadily.雨不停地下着。
2.[i]突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌to suddenly stop standing
She slipped on the ice and fell.她在冰上滑了一跤。
I fell over and cut my knee.我摔倒了，划破了膝盖。
The house looked as if it was about to fall down.房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。
3.[i]+ adv./prep.下垂；低垂to hang down
Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls.她的鬈发披肩。
4.[i]~ (away/off)向下倾斜to slope downwards
The land falls away sharply towards the river.地势向河边陡然倾斜。
5.[i]（数量）减少，下降；（强度）减小to decrease in amount, number or strength
Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent.他们的利润减少了 30%。
Prices continued to fall on the stock market today.今天股票市场价格继续下跌。
The temperature fell sharply in the night.夜间温度陡降。
falling birth rates下降的出生率
Her voice fell to a whisper.她的声音变小，成了耳语。
Share prices fell 30p.股价下跌了 30 便士。
6.[i]被打败；沦陷；失守to be defeated or captured
The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards.政变虽然流产，但是不久以后政府便垮台了。
Troy finally fell to the Greeks.特洛伊城最终被希腊人攻陷。
7.[i]阵亡；被击毙to die in battle; to be shot
a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars两次世界大战阵亡将士纪念碑
8.[i]进入（某状态）；开始变成（某事物）to pass into a particular state; to begin to be sth
He had fallen asleep on the sofa.他在沙发上睡着了。
The book fell open at a page of illustrations.书翻开在有插图的那一页。
The room had fallen silent.整个房间都变得静悄悄的。
She fell ill soon after and did not recover.不久后她就病倒了，而且未能痊愈。
I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train.在火车上我和一个男人攀谈起来。
The house had fallen into disrepair.这栋房子已年久失修。
She knew she must not fall prey to his charm.她清楚自己绝不可以被他迷住。
9.[i]突然来到；突然出现to come quickly and suddenly
A sudden silence fell.突然一片鸦雀无声。
Darkness falls quickly in the tropics.在热带地区夜幕降临迅速。
An expectant hush fell on the guests.客人们即时安静了下来，期待着将要发生的事。
10.[i]+ adv./prep.发生to happen or take place
My birthday falls on a Monday this year.今年我的生日适逢星期一。
11.[i]+ adv./prep.（向某方向）移动；落（在某位置上）to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position
My eye fell on(= I suddenly saw) a curious object.我突然见到了一样奇怪的东西。
Which syllable does the stress fall on?重音在哪个音节？
A shadow fell across her face.一片阴影掠过她的脸庞。
12.[i]+ adv./prep.属于（某类、群体、责任范围）to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility
Out of over 400 staff there are just 7 that fall into this category.400 多个职员中只有 7 人属于这一类。
This case falls outside my jurisdiction.这个案件不属于我的管辖范围。
This falls under the heading of scientific research.这一项属于科研类目。
1.[c]落下；下落；跌落；掉落an act of falling
I had a bad fall and broke my arm.我重重地跌了一跤，摔断了手臂。
She was killed in a fall from a horse.她从马背上掉下来摔死了。
2.[c]~ (of sth)（雪、岩石等的）降落an amount of snow, rocks, etc. that falls or has fallen
a heavy fall of snow一场大雪
a rock fall岩崩
3.[sing]~ of sth下落；发生the way in which sth falls or happens
the fall of the dice骰子的掷出
the dark fall of her hair(= the way her hair hangs down)她那垂泻的黑发
4.[pl]瀑布a large amount of water falling down from a height
The falls upstream are full of salmon.上游瀑布一带盛产鲑鱼。
Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布
5.[c]（大小）减小；（数量）减少；（比率、水平）降低a decrease in size, number, rate or level
a steep fall in profits利润的骤降
a big fall in unemployment失业人数的大大减少
6.[sing]~ (of sth)（政权的）垮台；（经济的）崩溃；（城市、国家的）沦陷，灭亡a loss of political, economic, etc. power or success; the loss or defeat of a city, country, etc. in war
the fall of the Roman Empire罗马帝国的灭亡
the rise and fall of British industry英国工业的兴衰
the fall of Berlin柏林的沦陷
7.[sing]（威信的）骤降a situation in which a person, an organization, etc. loses the respect of other people because they have done sth wrong
the TV preacher's spectacular fall from grace电视布道者威信的遽降
8.[sing]人类堕落（指亚当和夏娃违背上帝意旨而被迫离开伊甸园）the occasion when Adam and Eve did not obey God and had to leave the Garden of Eden
Luckily, a bush broke his fall.幸亏有灌木接着，他摔得不重。
Luckily, a bush broke his fall.幸亏有灌木接着，他摔得不重。
He took the fall for his boss and resigned.他成了老板的替罪羊，辞职了。
He took the fall for his boss and resigned.他成了老板的替罪羊，辞职了。
The first intimations have prompted a correction but the past few days' falls could come to look like the beginning of a trend.
他们的第一波暗示已经引发了一轮回调。不过，过去几天的下跌最终可能看上去只是一轮跌势的开始。
When the night curtain falls, the ice lanterns gently glow, with a spectrum of gorgeous colors glistening against the dark sky.
夜幕降临之时，冰灯开始绚烂夺目，华彩照亮了夜空。
I usually judge falls by the time it takes from the start of it to the moment you stop moving.
我经常把跳台以从开始的那刻到停止运动的那秒的总时长来计。
Even if the size of the IPO surpasses that of ICBC, it still falls short of the bank's goal to raise as much as $30 billion.
即使农行IPO规模超过工商银行，仍没有达到该行筹集至多300亿美元的目标。
its easy to understand why the water on the right falls down.
要理解右边的水会下落很容易。
Love has it all gently falls to the lonely melting heart, and giving it a fresh new start.
爱拥有一切轻轻地落在孤独的心融化，并赋予它新的新的开端。
Most of India's crucial rain is brought by the summer monsoon, which falls, with luck, in just a few weeks between June and September.
基本上印度最主要的降雨都是由夏季季风带来的。即使在好的年节，这些雨水也只集中在六月和九月之间的一小段时间里。
Then, what the hey, his wife comes in and talks him into giving up the oil spill's secret vulnerability before he falls to his death.
这时，嘿，神了，他的妻子进来了，劝他在摔死之前把漏油不为人知的弱点说出来。
Chief Justice John Roberts said the law "falls well within the confines of the authority Congress chose to leave to the states" .
终审法院首席法官约翰罗伯茨说，法律“在国会的权力范围内选择离开到美国”。
They found that, on average, people wake up in a good mood, which falls away over the course of the day.
他们发现，通常情况下，人们起床时都有好心情，但随着一天的行进，好心情逐渐殆尽。
The family, as it considerably falls under modern conditions, has estimation in which it was held by an earlier generation.
在现代条件下，家庭的地位已经一落千丈，而不象在早些世代那样受尊重了。
So the question of what ID is held by the subject of one's fancy has to be asked before one falls in love with her or him.
因此持有什么身份是一个人在爱上另一个人之前的一个必定要问的问题。
"I had been a Niagara Falls of new ideas. But I became an eyedropper. "
“我曾有过如尼亚加拉瀑布流水一样多的新点子。但是现在我成了一个滴管了。”
At first glance, it seems like the sort of story that falls in with the rest of the modern genre.
初看来，这部书似乎与当代流派的其他作品类似。
When you look at a book, it sends some of the light which falls on it to your eyes, and you see the book.
当你看一本书，它反射的一些光落在你的眼睛，你能看见书。
However, without a vertical drop of any significant drama, Inga Falls may not count as a waterfall under other classifications.
然而，它却没有一处有值得注意的巨大垂直落差，若根据其他分类方法，因加瀑布还可能算不上是一条瀑布。
Do not know when, a drop of water falls into the back of the hand.
不知道何时，一滴水落到了手背上。
Aunt Dotty, Penelope, and Anastasia run up to see what's going on, and Aunt Dotty falls into a similar state.
阿姨多蒂，佩内洛普，阿纳斯塔西娅，跑上楼去看是怎么事，阿姨多蒂也落进了类似的状态。
The size of the loss would depend on how much the price falls, something difficult to know ahead of time.
亏损程度将取决于价格的跌幅。不过，在这之前是非常难预测的。
This is Mimi from one of our studies -- in her 90s, had to move out of her home because her family was worried about falls.
这是咪咪-我们研究对象之一-她90岁的时候，离开了家因为她的家人担心她会摔倒。
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