downfall

downfall /'daunfɔ:l/
  • danh từ
    • sự trút xuống, sự đổ xuống (mưa...); trận mưa như trút nước
    • sự sa sút, sự suy vi, sự suy sụp

 mưa rào
 rơi xuống
 sụp đổ

o   sự rơi xuống, sự sụp đổ


Xem thêm: ruin, ruination, precipitation, fall



downfall

Từ điển Collocation

downfall noun

ADJ. eventual, ultimate

VERB + DOWNFALL bring about, cause, lead to a scandal that brought about his downfall | contribute to, hasten The failure of this scheme contributed to her eventual downfall. | plot They were found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government.

DOWNFALL + VERB come The movement's downfall came with the failed coup d'etat.

PHRASES be sb's downfall His greed was eventually his downfall.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation; ruin, ruination
  • the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist); precipitation
  • a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; fall

    the fall of the House of Hapsburg


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

downfalls
syn.: cloudburst defeat downpour failure flood overthrow rainstorm ruin upset