fall by the wayside

英 [fɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd]

美 [fɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd]

中途停止;半路夭折

英英释义

verb

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
  1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
  Synonym:drop outgive updrop by the waysidethrow inthrow in the towelquitchuck up the sponge

双语例句

• Albert Gore Jr. apparently ready to fall by the wayside? he can focus on Jesse Jackson one-on-one.
  在那儿－戈尔参议员已经差不多被淘汰了－他可以集中精力一对一与杰克逊周旋。
• We must care for the weak who will otherwise fall by the wayside
  我们要关心那些弱者，不然他们会因失败而放弃努力的
• So many would-be slimmers fail to stay the course and fall by the wayside.
  有很多想身材苗条的人没能坚持到底而中途败下阵来。
• For others, though, maybe the pajama trend is born of allowing some aspects of our lives to fall by the wayside in favor of other, more important things, than our appearance.
  不过对其他人来说，或许睡衣潮流的诞生是因为我们生活的一些方面已经靠边站了，让位于比我们的外表更重要的东西。
• When this happens, you lose your feeling of accomplishment and you fall by the wayside.
  如果这样，你会失去成就感，半途而废。
• Most people fall by the wayside.
  大多数人半途而废。
• But the reality is that, because of its high-risk nature, for every success story there are hundreds who will, perforce, fall by the wayside.
  事实上，就其本质而言，网络创业原有高度风险，每有一家公司成功，或许便有数百家惨遭淘汰，落败道旁。
• Now even the whole paycheck moniker may fall by the wayside.
  如今，“全薪光”的绰号可能要成为过去了。
• Many will fall by the wayside.
  很多公司都会因失败而放弃。
• Google can no longer afford to let promising ideas fall by the wayside.
  谷歌可不能再浪费好点子了。