二十笔实用成语 477

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二十笔实用成语 477

01. go dead, to
定义: 手脚麻木或不能动; 电话中断; 电讯中断; 引擎熄火; 机器抛锚; 电池死了或没电.
例句: My cell phone went dead yesterday. ​​It has been plugged in for over twenty hours and is still dead. (我的手机昨天没电了. 我把它充了二十小时的电但电池还是没电)

02. dig a hole and bury your face to save it, to
定义: 羞愧地无地自容.
例句: I've made a big boo-boo this time. I feel so bad and I wish I could dig a hole and bury my face to save it. (这次我闯了大祸. 我很难过, 羞愧地无地自容)

03. go down a treat, to
定义: [英国澳洲]令人满意, 受人欢迎, 很好吃.
例句: That new Mongolian barbecue restaurant seems to be going down a treat. (那家新开的蒙古烤肉餐厅似乎受人欢迎)

04. go down fighting, to
定义: 负隅顽抗, 不甘束手就擒.
例句: I don't think he will give up easily. He'll go down fighting. (我不认为他会这么轻易地善罢干休. 他会负隅顽抗)

05. go down for the third time, to
定义: 失败, 死亡, 溺水或溺死.
例句: As I was going down for the third time, I looked to the shore and realized that this – my last moment –​​ was the most lucid moment of my life. (当我濒临溺死的时候, 我望着岸边同时也发觉了– 我的最后一刻– 竟然是我人生最清醒的一刻)

06. go down in flames, to
定义: 坠毁, 一败涂地, 兵败如山倒. (注: 意指迅速而且完全地失败)
例句: Tom went down in flames in his efforts to win the heart of Marsha. (汤姆博得玛莎芳心的努力完全失败)

07. go down in history, to
定义: 被后代追忆; 被记载史册.
例句: The sicko shamelessly bragged: "Whatever happens to me, I'll go down in history as a rock god to my fans." (这个变态大言不惭地说: "不论什么事情发生在我身上, 我将会成为我歌迷所追忆的摇滚偶像.")

08. go down in the world, to
定义: 失势, 潦倒, 落魄, 没落.
例句: They used to live in a big house with lots of servants, but they've gone down in the world since then. (他们曾住在一个仆从众多的大豪宅内, 但他们自此之后就没落了)

09. go down like a lead balloon, to
定义: 失败; 未能成功地产生反应, 共鸣或效果
例句: My joke about the drunk driver went down like a lead balloon. (我的有关酒醉驾车者的笑话没有产生任何效果)

10. go down like ninepins, to
定义: 许多人受伤/被击败/失败/倒下.
例句: We all went down like ninepins with the flu virus during the spring break. (春假期间我们感染了流行性感冒病毒大家都病倒了)

11. go down swinging, to
定义: 虽然失败但奋战到底. (注: swinging是挥拳之意, 在此很生动地描述某人输了仍在挥拳奋战到底)
例句: Even if we are going to lose, at least we are going down swinging. (即使我们要输的话, 起码我们会奋战到底)

12. go down the aisle, to
定义: 结婚, 步上婚礼的走道.
例句: In Swedish weddings, the bride and groom usually go down the aisle together, rather than the bride being escorted by her father. (在瑞典式的婚礼上, 新娘与新郎一般是一起步上婚礼的走道, 而不是由新娘的父亲把新娘搀扶出来)

13. go down the crapper/toilet, to
定义: [不雅语] 一败涂地, 前功尽弃, 付诸东流, 浪费殆尽, 垮台, 消失.
例句: Maybe I'm overreacting, but I don't want to see another once great company go down the crapper. (也许我是反应过激, 但我不想见到另一个曾经一度成功的公司就这样垮台)

14. go down the drain/tube/chute/pan, to
定义: 一败涂地, 前功尽弃, 付诸东流, 浪费殆尽, 垮台, 消失.
例句: Everything we have accomplished has gone down the drain. (我们以前所做出的成就都付诸东流)

15. go down the history as ..., to
定义: 在历史上被后人追忆为...
例句: I hope the president will prove to the world that in this country no one is above the law, and go down the history as the first president ever to have arrested ex-presidents for corruption. (我希望总统向世界证明在这个国家没有人凌驾于法律之上, 并在历史上被后人追忆为第一个将前任总统以贪腐罪名加以逮捕的总统)

16. go down the line, to
定义: 依次, 依顺序一个人接一个人地或一物接一物地.
例句: John went down the line passing out tickets. (约翰依次地派发入场券)

17. go down the wind, to
定义: 没落, 不幸, 不顺利, 走下坡, 占下风.
例句: When a man goes down the wind, no one comes near him. (当一人走下坡的时候, 没人会走近他. 注: 古语说: "贫居闹市无人问, 富在深山朋满门"就是此意)

18. go down this road, to
定义: 继续往前走; 沿着这条路走下去. (注: 此语是用来告诉别人方向的)
例句: Go down this road, turn right at the second traffic light and you'll see it. (沿着这条路往下走, 第二个红绿灯右转, 你就会看到它了)

19. go down well/badly, to
定义: 顺利被接受/不被接受, 反映不错/反映很糟.
例句: My decision didn't go down well with my wife. She came from a well-to-do family and thought I was an idiot to leave a good-paying job. (我的决定不被我妻子接受. 她出身于一个富裕的家庭, 但也认为我放弃一个高薪工作是一个愚蠢决定)

20. go down with all guns blazing, to
定义: 负隅顽抗, 不甘束手就擒, 奋战到底.
例句: If we are going to lose, we may as well go down with all guns blazing. (如果我们要输的话, 我们干脆就跟他们拼了)