comedown

英 [ˈkʌmdaʊn] 美 [ˈkʌmdaʊn]

n.  失势; 落泊; 潦倒

BNC.48421 / COCA.36229



牛津词典

noun

  1. 失势;落泊;潦倒
    a situation in which a person is not as important as before, or does not get as much respect from other people

    柯林斯词典

      in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 come-down

    1. N-SING 败落;失势;落魄
      If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had.
      1. The prospect of relegation is a comedown for a club that finished second two seasons ago.
        对于两个赛季前排名第二的俱乐部来说,竟然有降级之虞真是太落魄了。

    双语例句

    1. The prospect of relegation is a comedown for a club that finished second two seasons ago.
      对于两个赛季前排名第二的俱乐部来说,竟然有降级之虞真是太落魄了。
    2. That's quite a comedown since May, when one HP exec predicted that the TouchPad would eventually overtake Apple's iPad ( AAPL).
      简直是太落魄了。五月份的时候,惠普高管还放出豪言,TouchPad最终将超越苹果(Apple)iPad。
    3. Any comedown for H-P's PC sales would mark a major reversal for the business, which has been growing robustly for the past few years.
      惠普个人电脑销售的任何下滑都将标志着业务的重大逆转,过去几年中,该业务一直在强劲增长。
    4. That is a poignant comedown for Sony, which five years ago became the first manufacturer to sell an OLED television.
      这是索尼的悲惨衰落,索尼五年前就已成为首家销售OLED电视的制造商。
    5. You don't feel this is a comedown?
      你不觉得这对你是降级了?
    6. The compilation of ancient Genus-books can be departed into four phases: origination, growing, prosperity, and comedown.
      古代类书的编纂可以分为创始、发展、兴盛和衰落四个阶段。
    7. Whereas, he still hope to look for the expiation to the comedown of tradition by analysing the "story".? A Property All Risk Insurance Policies insures property against loss or damage by natural hazards or accident.
      但是,他仍希望通过对“故事”的解析寻找对传统的衰落的补偿。保障自然灾害或意外事故引起的财产损失给与补偿。
    8. This place is a real comedown after my usual room at the ambassador!
      这个地方与我通常在大使馆的房子相比差得真远!
    9. It's a bit of a comedown to leave school and then not get a job.
      毕业后找不到工作是件有点儿丢人的事。
    10. His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
      他的凶恶必反转到自己头上,他的横暴必降落在自己的顶上。
    11. The movie is quite a comedown after so much wait.
      等了这么久,这个电影却非常令人失望。
    12. The community succession was on the comedown phase rapidly, and the evidence of degeneration was naked.
      群落演替处于快速衰落阶段,退化迹象十分明显。
    13. His defeat was quite a comedown for all of us. Considerate products fail gracefully
      他的失败令我们全体感到失望。体贴的软件即使失败也不失风度
    14. At any rate, all traces of it have not yet disappeared. The community succession was on the comedown phase rapidly, and the evidence of degeneration was naked.
      无论如何,群婚的遗迹还没有完全消失。群落演替处于快速衰落阶段,退化迹象十分明显。
    15. The recovery from the doldrums of 2009 has been impressive, but some worry that the comedown from the current highs will be painful.
      自2009年不景气以来的复苏令人印象深刻,但一些人担心,从当前高点上的跌落将十分惨烈。
    16. She found it a comedown to listen to her former subordinate.
      她觉得要听她以前部下的指挥很降格。
    17. I was disappointed with the ending of the film-somehow it was such a comedown.
      我对电影的结局很失望一有些虎头蛇尾。
    18. The Comedown of the Liner Conference and the Development of the Shipping Combination
      班轮公会的衰落及航运联盟的发展
    19. Small seed bank, poor seed quality and comedown of regenerate entironment were primary factors limiting regeneration and development of natural Sabina vulgaris community.
      种子库小、质量差、更新环境的丧失是限制天然臭柏群落有性更新与拓展的主要因子。
    20. After the Second World War, the British economy experienced obvious comedown.
      第二次世界大战后,英国经济出现了明显的衰落现象。
    21. It is a big contrast to compare Shanghai's optimistic prosperity with Taiwan's pessimistic comedown.
      上海的繁荣和乐观气氛与台湾的衰落和普遍的悲观感觉形成了鲜明的对比。
    22. The dissertation dissertates the principle of resistance comedown of polarization in Michelson interferometer with FRM in detail;
      论文详细论述了带法拉第旋转镜(FRM)的Michelson干涉仪抗偏振衰落原理;
    23. On the background of the rapid development of economy and the acceleration of city, the recombination of city space structure and the transformation of economic barycenter lead the original trade street experiencing the course from prosperity to comedown.
      在经济迅速发展和城市化加速的背景下,城市空间结构的重组和经济重心的转移,导致传统商业街区经历了由繁华到衰落的过程。
    24. Alien species invasion may cause serious ecological damage, resulting in ecological crisis and biodiversity comedown, and further menacing existing human environment.
      外来物种入侵到新的栖息地,可能给当地造成严重的生态灾难,导致生态灾害爆发及生物多样性的丧失,进而威胁到人类生存环境。
    25. In modern times, with the trend of integration of economy and culture, as well as the impetus due to the development of human culture, the relation between comedown of folklore culture and economy surely deserves our attention.
      在现代经济与文化一体化的世界大趋势和人类文化发展的推动下,民俗文化的传承与经济的关系是值得关注的。
    26. Therefore identify and evaluation the resistance genes which were new or be known by using prevail races in China in present, and applying these genes to resistance breeding effectively were important measure to settle the problem of cultivars resistance comedown.
      因此,利用当前流行的优势小种对已知的或新的抗病基因进行抗性鉴定和评价,并把有效的抗病基因应用于抗病育种是解决品种抗病性丧失的重要手段。
    27. By the end of the 19~ ( th) century, with comedown of the Briton empire, the dominance of Briton over China was challenged by other western countries.
      十九世纪末,英国步入了相对衰落的历史发展时期,在华的优势地位受到了西方其他国家的挑战。
    28. Accompany with the foreign and cultural impact, the traditional cultural comedown in Baima also become an important influencing factor of its social sustainable development.
      伴随着外来文化的冲击,白马传统文化的衰落也成为影响白马社会可持续发展的一个重要因素。
    29. As a traditional community, hutong is experiencing comedown and death.
      胡同作为传统社区,正在经历着衰落和死亡之痛。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. decline to a lower status or level