• 倒塌,下沉,集合,到期

Verb:

1. break down, literally or metaphorically;

   "The wall collapsed"
   "The business collapsed"
   "The dam broke"
   "The roof collapsed"
   "The wall gave in"
   "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
   

2. to take one's place in a military formation or line;

   "Troops fall in!"
   

3. become part of; become a member of a group or organization;

   "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
   

There was a sharp fall in the value of the pound.

英镑大幅贬值。

The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure.

该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。

Slowly but surely she started to fall in love with him.

虽然过程缓慢，但她无疑开始爱上他了。

The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession.

通货膨胀的下降是长期经济衰退中的一线转机。

It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.

一见钟情只在瞬息之间，而对爱大彻大悟却需要很多年。

Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.

普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。

Foreigners unfailingly fall in love with the place.

外国人都爱上了这个地方。

Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues.

经理们发现自己的收入相应地减少了。

Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.

有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。

a fall in academic standards

学术水准的下降

The major ordered his men to fall in at once.

少校命令他的士兵立即集合.

The captain ordered his men to fall in at once.

上尉命令他的士兵立即集合.

There was a fall in the price of apples.

苹果的价格下跌了.

The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.

气压表表明气压在继续下降.

If you lean too far towards the water, you might fall in.

你身子要是朝水面斜得太厉害说不定要掉进水里.