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fall1 /fɔːl $ fɒːl/ S1 W1 verb (past tensepst fell /fel/, past participlepp fallen /ˈfɔːlən $ ˈfɒːl-/)

1 move downwards 向下移动 [intransitiveI]FALL to move or drop down from a higher position to a lower position 落下，降落，跌落

The tree was about to fall.

那棵树快要倒下了。

The book fell from his hands.

书从他手上跌落。

Enough rain had fallen to flood the grounds.

雨量很大，淹没了地面。

fall down

Rob fell down the stairs.

罗布从楼梯上跌了下来。

She flushed and her eyes fell (=she looked down).

她脸一红，垂下了眼帘。

2 stop standing/walking etc 停止站立/行走等 [intransitiveI]FALL to suddenly go down onto the ground after you have been standing, walking, or running, especially without intending to 摔倒，跌倒

I fell and hit my head.

我跌了一跤，撞到了头。

slip/stumble/trip etc and fall

He slipped and fell on the ice.

他在冰面上滑倒了。

fall down

Lizzie fell down and hurt her knee.

莉齐跌伤了膝盖。

Peter was playing by the river when he fell in (=fell into the water).

彼得在河边玩着玩着，掉进了水里。

fall to/on your knees (=move down to the ground so that your body is resting on your knees) 跪下，下跪

She fell to her knees beside his body.

她跪倒在他的尸体旁边。

→ fall flat on your face at flat3(5)

3 decrease 减少 [intransitiveI]LESS to go down to a lower level, amount, price etc, especially a much lower one 〔水平、数量、价格等，尤指较大幅度地〕下跌，下降，降低 OPP rise

The rate of inflation was falling.

通货膨胀率正在下降。

The island is warm all year round and winter temperatures never fall below 10 degrees.

这个岛全年温暖，冬季气温从不低于10度。

He believes that educational standards are falling.

他认为教育水准在下降。

fall from

Advertising revenue fell from $98.5 million to $93.3 million.

广告收益从9,850万美元跌至9,330万美元。

fall to

The number of subscribers had fallen to 1,000.

订阅人数已降至1,000人。

fall sharply/steeply (=by a large amount) 骤降

London share prices fell sharply yesterday.

昨天伦敦股价大跌。

► see thesaurus at decrease

In everyday English, people often say an amount or level goes down rather than falls: 在日常英语中，人们常用go down表示数量或水平下降，而不用fall

House prices have gone down again.

房价再次下跌。

4 become 变成 [intransitiveI, linking verb]BECOME to start to be in a new or different state 进入〔新的或不同的状态〕

fall adj

I’ll stay with her until she falls asleep.

我会一直陪着她，直到她睡着。

I think that I’ve fallen in love with Angela.

我觉得我爱上安杰拉了。

She fell ill with flu.

她患感冒，病倒了。

Albert fell silent and turned his attention to his food.

艾伯特沉默下来，将注意力转移到食物上。

fall into

The house was empty for many years and fell into disrepair.

那幢房子空置多年，变得破旧不堪。

One false step can mean falling into debt.

走错一步就可能意味着负债。

He fell into despair.

他陷入绝望。

5 belong to a group 属于某一团体 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep]LIKE/SIMILAR to belong to or be part of a particular group, area of responsibility, range of things, or type of things 属于

6 fall short of something LESSto be less than the amount or standard that is needed or that you want 未达到…；不足…；未满…

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fall short of something• On the other hand, if the firm falls short of covering its fixed costs, a loss will be incurred.• The results fell short of eight analysts' forecasts of profit between 130 million and 127 million pounds.• The trainers suggest that, as guards, they fell short of expectations.• By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.• The results fell far short of our expectations.• Even in the best of years, Journal news coverage inevitably falls short of perfection.• Anything less than this is a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards.• Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal.

7 fall victim/prey to something/somebody GETto get a very serious illness or be attacked or deceived by someone 成了…的罹患者/受害者

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fall victim/prey to something/somebody• It really seems as if some drivers fall prey to a death wish when freezing fog descends.• You have to assume that Mobs will occasionally fall prey to animosity come what may.• But he suddenly fell victim to his own pride and courage.• A number of woodcutters and honey-hunters have fallen victim to Sunderbans tigers.• All these animals, and others, had fallen prey to the apprentice hunters.• Even Jim Harrick fell victim to the mood.• Surely Cynthia didn't fall victim to the same fear?• This way, Tucson can avoid falling prey to wildcat subdivisions on its fringes.

8 night/darkness/dusk falls DARKif night etc falls, it starts to become dark at the beginning of the night 夜幕/黑夜/傍晚降临

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night/darkness/dusk falls• The lights came on as darkness fell on the city.• And this becomes more intense as night falls.• As darkness falls an eerie voice Whines beware, beware, beware.• As dusk falls crowds of people walk towards the town to meet the tanker.• I drain it, pack my bags, close off the propane, and before dusk falls reluctantly board up the cabin.• As night falls the houses light up one by one, and smugglers move stealthily about in the moonlight.• As darkness falls the immortal sounds of John Hurley will be heard in the upstairs Bar.• As night falls, the scene changes.• As night falls, there are nightclubs and discos for those with lots of energy left.

9 silence/a hush/sadness etc falls literaryBECOME used to say that a person, group, or place becomes quiet, sad etc 安静下来/寂静下来/悲伤起来等

10 START DOING somethingstart doing STH 开始做某事 [intransitiveI] to start doing something or being involved with something, often without intending to 开始（做某事）

11 fall into place

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fall into place• The route had by now fallen into place.• Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.• Once the police received this new evidence, things began falling into place.• Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.• But just in time, it fell into place.• Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.• Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.• I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.• Gradually the clues started falling into place, and it became clear who the murderer was.• That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.• Things are finally falling into place for the team.

12 fall to pieces/bits

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fall to pieces/bits• After he left, I fell to pieces.• As a result, now that the autumn rains were here, it was already showing signs of falling to pieces.• Being a super-duper well-'ard off-road jobbie, your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits.• He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.• The media seemed to be willing the marriage to fall to pieces.• There's a difference between consciously colouring a passage and not being able to control a voice that is falling to bits.• The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.• Supposing the union fell to pieces, these were the fracture lines along which it would naturally break.

13 be falling to pieces/bits BREAKif something is falling to pieces, it is in very bad condition, especially because it is very old 快散架了〔尤因其相当旧〕 SYN be falling apart

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be falling to pieces/bits• The walls were all dirty and the furniture was falling to pieces.• But most of the material was falling to pieces.• There's a difference between consciously colouring a passage and not being able to control a voice that is falling to bits.• They would blaze into prominence just as the foreground planting was falling to pieces.• The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.

14 fall flat FUNNYif a joke, remark, or performance falls flat, it fails to interest or amuse people 〔笑话、说话或表演〕达不到预期效果，无法逗人笑

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fall flat• At first, Gorbachev's political ideas fell flat.• Koppel's clumsy joke fell flat.• He has been Navajo president for one year, and his efforts to decentralize tribal government so far have fallen flat.• But the hopes fell flat, and private funding for vaccine work is drying up.• I knew it would fall flat; but it wasn't the bad script which made the film unsuccessful.• Your joke about the nuns really fell flat, didn't it?• However, if your suggestion falls flat, he may not be ready to try another until the 21st century.• Yet there are certain composers who fall flat on their face unless the adrenalin really start to flow.

15 fall foul of somebody/something ANGRYILLEGALto do something which makes someone angry or which breaks a rule, with the result that you are punished 激怒某人/违反某事物〔从而受到惩处〕

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fall foul of somebody/something• Edwards fell foul of the authorities and was ordered to leave the country.

16 fall by the wayside SUCCESSFULto fail, or to stop being done, used, or made 半途而废；不再进行；停止使用

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fall by the wayside• But better singers fell by the wayside.• In any event, the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside.• Many of her colleagues had fallen by the wayside.• The gas tax rollback, initiated because gasoline prices spiked this spring, has since fallen by the wayside.• They were told a lot of wounded men had fallen by the wayside.• A lot of marriages fall by the wayside because couples cannot talk to each other.• Inevitably some fall by the wayside, but his success rate is surprisingly high considering the breadth of the repertoire he tackles.• How many more fell by the wayside in the process?• Congress has let many important issues fall by the wayside this session.

17 fall from grace/favour LIKE somebody OR somethingto stop being liked by people in authority 失去信任；失去恩宠

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fall from grace/favour• As she descended the stairs, she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace.• Daniel prefaces his interpretation with a review of Nebuchadnezzar's prideful fall from grace and Beishazzar's own lack of humility.• He had an uncharacteristic fall from grace in his match against Connell.• With the smallest fall from grace, it is quickly turned into badness.• Now, as Pope fell from grace, McClellan came to the fore again.• The competition was soon simplified with the fall from grace of William Craig.• And its spectacular fall from grace should serve as a warning.• It was a spectacular fall from grace that took them all down-a major public humiliation.

18. fall from a great height to be forced to leave an important job or position, or lose the respect that people had for you 从高位跌落〔指被迫离开要职或失去了人们的尊重〕

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fall from a great height• Along this curve it is as if the plane were freely falling from a great height.• As it was, the extremely small head of some dinosaurs no doubt reduced the dangers of falling from a great height.• That particular experience left me with a recurrent dream about falling from great heights.• When they fell from grace, George Best fell from a greater height.

19 fall into the hands/clutches of somebody if something or someone falls into the hands of an enemy or dangerous person, the enemy etc gets control or possession of them 落入某人的手中/控制中

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fall into the wrong hands• A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.• And images of Kurds on tape could fall into the wrong hands.• But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.• I will never allow Kirsty to fall into the wrong hands.• Pentagon officials say they have already had some success reducing the risk that nuclear materials will fall into the wrong hands.• Voice over Mr Foulkes is seeking Government safeguards to prevent Rayo from falling into the wrong hands.• Cards falling into the wrong hands cost the industry three hundred pounds every minute.

20 fall into a trap/pitfall MISTAKEto make a mistake that many people make 犯多数人会犯的错误

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fall into a trap/pitfall• Now he had fallen into a trap which the greenest copper would have avoided.

21 fall into step

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fall with• Once again, Blue falls into step with Black, perhaps even more harmoniously than before.• The great horse Koulash galloped forward to join the Tsar's horses, and fell into step with them.

22 fall into line OBEYto obey someone or do what other people want you to do, especially when you do not want to do it at first 听从，服从

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fall into line• If you can persuade her, the others will soon fall into line.• If one rotates one of them a little, everything falls into line.• Mr Lamont will order the others to fall into line.• All the Republicans except Elton and Carson fell into line and voted yes.• The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons, but from financial necessity.

23 hang down 垂下 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DOWN to hang down loosely 下垂，低垂

24 light/shadow 光线/阴影 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LIGHT to shine on a surface or go onto a surface 〔光〕照射；〔影子〕投映

25 special event/celebration 特殊事件/庆典 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HAPPEN to happen on a particular day or at a particular time 发生

26 lose power 失去权力 [intransitiveI]PG if a leader or a government falls, they lose their position of power 下台，倒台

27 be taken by an enemy 被敌人占领 [intransitiveI]PMPPV if a place falls in a war or an election, a group of soldiers or a political party takes control of it 沦陷，失守；被控制

28. be killed 遇害 [intransitiveI]DIE to be killed in a war 阵亡 SYN die

29 hit 击打 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HIT to hit a particular place or a particular part of someone’s body 打中，击中

30. voice/sound 嗓音/声音 [intransitiveI]QUIET if someone’s voice or a sound falls, it becomes quieter or lower 〔嗓音或声音〕变轻，变小 OPP rise

31. it’s as easy as falling off a log spokenEASY used to say that something is very easy to do 这极其容易

32. fall between two stools British EnglishBrECHOOSE to be neither one type of thing nor another, or be unable to choose between two ways of doing something 两头落空；举棋不定

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fall between two stools• Overall, the study seems to fall between two stools.• That was a bad time for her because she fell between two stools in a way.

33. fall on stony ground British EnglishBrE if a request, suggestion, joke etc falls on stony ground, it is ignored or people do not like it 〔要求、建议、笑话等〕不被人理睬，未产生预期效果

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fall on stony ground• Joseph's words fell on stony ground.• Some initiatives have already fallen on stony ground, but, as we see in subsequent features, others keep coming.• Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope.• Alan's charming smile fell on stony ground with her.

34. fall from somebody’s lips literarySAY if words fall from someone’s lips, they say them 〔话〕从某人口中说出

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fall from somebody’s lips• No false word ever falls from his lips.• In her excitement, words fell from her lips in a torrent.

35. fall into somebody’s lap if an opportunity falls into someone’s lap, they get it without having made any effort to get it 某人得来全不费功夫

36 the stress/accent/beat falls on something SLAPMused to say that a particular part of a word, phrase, or piece of music is emphasized or is played more loudly than the rest 重读/重音/拍子落在…上

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the stress/accent/beat falls on something• In the word "spoken, " the stress falls on the first syllable.

→ be/fall under a spell at spell2(3), → fall on your feet at foot1(19), → somebody’s face fell at face1, → stand or fall by/on at stand1(33)

THESAURUS

fall (also fall over, fall down) to suddenly go down onto the floor when standing, walking, or running 跌倒，摔倒

She fell on the stairs and broke her ankle.

她在楼梯上摔了一跤，脚踝骨折。

Children are always falling over.

小孩子老是摔跟头。

trip on/over something to fall or almost fall when you hit your foot against something 被某物绊倒

Someone might trip over those toys.

可能会有人被那些玩具绊倒的。

I tripped on a piece of wood.

我被一根木头绊了一跤。

slip to fall or almost fall when you are walking on a wet or very smooth surface 滑（倒）

She slipped and hurt her ankle.

她滑了一下，伤了脚踝。

I was scared I would slip on the highly polished floor.

地板擦得好亮，我怕会滑倒。

stumble to almost fall when you put your foot down in an awkward way 绊脚

He stumbled and almost fell.

他一个踉跄,差点跌倒。

One of our porters stumbled on the rough ground.

地面高低不平，我们的一个搬运工绊了一跤。

collapse to fall suddenly and heavily to the ground, especially when you become unconscious 昏倒

One of the runners collapsed halfway through the race.

其中一名赛跑选手半途昏倒了。

lose your balance to become unsteady so that you start to fall over 失去平衡

She lost her balance on the first step and fell down the stairs.

她刚上楼梯的第一个梯阶就失去平衡，摔了下来。

nHave something to hold onto, in case you lose your balance.

fall flat on your face to fall forwards so you are lying on your front on the ground 摔了个嘴啃泥

She fell flat on her face getting out of the car.

她下车时摔了个嘴啃泥。

PHRASAL VERBS

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fall• Aston Villa fell 3 places in the league after their defeat by Barnsley.• Its price fell 75 yen per 50,000 in face value.• A light rain was falling.• George held on tightly, afraid that he might fall.• I sat in bed, listening to the rain fall.• Just as we were about to leave the house, rain began to fall.• She was going up the stairs when she fell.• Mabel Boll was exactly the kind of person upon whom Guest was determined the mantle of fame would not fall.• Don't worry - I'll catch you if you fall.• A shadow fell across his face, hiding his expression.• A tree had fallen across the road and blocked it.• Katie fell and scraped her knee.• Mukhamedov's defection two years ago, just as Communism was falling apart, will not be forgiven in a hurry.• One of the climbers fell fifty feet.• Leaves were falling from the trees.• A man tall and princely-looking was sitting by the hearth where the firelight fell full on him.• He reportedly fell in battle on June 17th.• He remembered Hause Point, he remembered the abyss he had so often fallen into.• It is mature and spontaneous utterance falling like ripe leaves on a still day in the fall of the year.• She watched the keys fall, noting that they fell more slowly than they would have done on the Earth.• Bombs fell on the streets, destroying neighbouring homes, but leaving the school intact.• Darkness fell on the town and the streetlights came on one by one.• One of the glasses had fallen on to its side and a red stain had spread from it on to the tablecloth.• Careful that box doesn't fall on you, Charlotte!• I can't find my passport - it must have fallen out of my pocket.• Fred fell out of the tree and broke his arm.• She opened the cupboard and everything fell out.• Maria's hair fell over her shoulders.

eyes fell• Albert's eyes fell, and he blushed.• Then her eyes fell briefly on the painting her grandmother had given her.• As he scanned the room for potential defenders his eyes fell on Father Ed Dougherty.• My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket.• A fierce, terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand.• Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor.• He helped me shift the tea-chests and his eyes fell on your clothes as though dazed in a perfumed garden.• His eyes fell to the bottom of the page.

fall to/on your knees• A woman, gone faint, fell to her knees.• As Nelson paraded in front of the jury, the pants fell to his knees.• Francis Lee received a little kick and fell on his knees.• Too fast for his shorter legs and he fell on his knees.• He fell to his knees before her.• She fell on her knees before them and begged them to take her with them.• The mestizo fell to his knees, but he still held the knife.• He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, cradling his broken nose between his bloodied hands.

fall sharply/steeply• After that, volumes were expected to fall sharply.• London share prices also fell sharply.• The Potomac was clean again, a haven for windsurfers, and certain airborne pollutants had fallen sharply.• Yet the jobless rate is falling sharply.• Sales of units fell sharply after the crash of October 1987.• Leading market indices in Britain and the United States fell sharply after the report was published.• Sickness absence overall fell sharply last year by almost 0.5 percent of working time from the 1991 figure of 4.0 percent.• While weak earnings forecasts caused many stocks to fall sharply, unexpectedly strong outlooks or actual earnings were rewarded.

fall into• These substances fall into two categories.

fall under• Her earlier books would fall under the heading of historical fiction.

fallen into the habit of• The company had fallen into the habit of using George to administer a sort of organizational shock therapy.

fall over• That bookcase looks as if it's about to fall over.• There was no wind; the tree just fell over.

fall on• Christmas falls on a Thursday this year.

fall to• Last year, it fell to 17 percent.• Last year solid waste totalled 227,000 tonnes but this is forecast to fall to 206,000 tonnes this year.• The stock later fell to 214. 50, up 1. 66 percent.• The cave continues but then suddenly falls to horrendous depths and a retreat must be made to the point of entry.• The proportion of married women falls to just over two in ten, and the proportion widowed rises to nearly two-thirds.• Some analysts expect cellular growth to fall to single digits in a few years.• The honour of the reception always fell to the family of the bride.• There followed a crash and a rending of fabric and I fell to the ground.

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fall2 S2 W2 noun

1 movement down 向下的移动 [countableC]FALL movement down towards the ground or towards a lower position 下跌，跌落；跌倒

2 reduction 减少 [countableC]LESS a reduction in the amount, level, price etc of something 〔数量、水平、价格等的〕下降，降低，减少 OPP rise

3 season 季节 [singular] American EnglishAmEDN the season between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes slightly colder 秋季 SYN autumn

4 loss of power/success 失去权力/失败 [singular]PG a situation in which someone or something loses their position of power or becomes unsuccessful 垮台，崩溃；衰败

5 fall from grace PGa situation in which someone stops being respected by other people or loses their position of authority, especially because they have done something wrong 〔尤因做错事后〕不再受人尊敬，失去权威

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fall from grace• But if Mrs Longhill felt better that her servant had fallen from grace in distant Barnswick, then let her think it.• That in itself was a sign that Norris' fall from grace had begun.• Now, as Pope fell from grace, McClellan came to the fore again.• Even by Washington standards, Gingrich has quickly fallen from grace.• Jackson's fall from grace came in the fourth game, when he struck out three times in a row.• Much of his hatred and contempt of Bella must have stemmed from her involvement in Johnny's fall from grace.• And its spectacular fall from grace should serve as a warning.• The competition was soon simplified with the fall from grace of William Craig.• He had an uncharacteristic fall from grace in his match against Connell.

6 defeat 战败 [singular]BEAT/DEFEAT a situation in which a country, city etc is defeated by an enemy 〔国家、城市等的〕陷落，沦陷；战败，败亡

7 falls (also Falls) [plural]DN a place where a river suddenly goes straight down over a cliff 瀑布

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falls• Niagara Falls

8. sport 体育运动 [countableC]DSO an act of forcing your opponent onto the ground in wrestling or judo 〔摔跤或柔道中的〕压倒，按倒

9 snow/rocks 雪/岩石 [countableC]FALL an amount of snow, rocks etc that falls onto the ground 〔雪、岩石等的〕降落（量）

10. the Fall (also the fall)RRC the occasion in the Bible when God punished Adam and Eve by making them leave the Garden of Eden 人类堕落〔指《圣经》中上帝惩罚亚当与夏娃，把他们赶出伊甸园〕

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the Fall• The fall potential on this wall is greater than the length of the climbs as well!• He lost his wife for a time, but after the fall of Troy he got her back.• This parliament was also dissolved by decree, and a third Duma was elected and convened in the fall of 1907.• What is truly disconcerting about the story is the result of the fall, and the divine purpose behind it.• The story of the Garden, therefore, records not only the fall of man, but the fall of language.• It shows the fall in average costs as numbers increase by one additional individual.• The present plan is for Liddy to take the fall for everyone.• She had a pain in her chest that was not due to the fall, it was fear.

n GRAMMAR: Patterns with fall (meaning 3)

in the fall/in fall

You use in the fall or in fall when talking about something that happens during the fall season:

He visited them in the fall.

in the fall of

You use in the fall of with a year when saying when something happens:

The project will be completed in the fall of 2018.

last fall/this fall etc

Don’t use in with these words:

You say last fall:

She started college last fall.

✗Don’t say: She started college in last fall.

You say this fall:

This fall the leaves are really beautiful.

✗Don’t say: In this fall the leaves are really beautiful.

You say next fall:

The book will come out next fall.

✗Don’t say: The book will come out in next fall.

You say that fall:

That fall I went to Kyoto.

✗Don’t say: In that fall I went to Kyoto.

Examples from the Corpus

fall• Fall is my favorite season.• There was a dramatic fall in temperature overnight.• Floyd investigated it soon after free fall had begun.• It's one of the heaviest falls of snow on record.• Senate attempts to include the provision failed three times last fall when supporters were unable to cut off debate.• The positioning of the stones will determine the type of fall.• It's a movie about the fall of France in 1940.• Here, the fall is 48 percent since the objective was introduced.• I sat listening to the fall of the rain on the roof.• It seemed that the wind had dropped a little with the fall of night.

break ... fall• The crucifix had been broken by its fall.• Then the wave curled, broke, and fell.• Not break, fall or cry each time a hateful picture drifted in front of her face.• Wreckage in the vicinity of the break point fell first and was recovered in the westernmost of three major debris fields.• When you fall forward, fully conscious or not, you put out your hands to break your fall.• It is down, straight down, into the rank and file, and there is nothing to break the fall.• Half blinded by the foam, Christine scrambled for something to grab on to to break her fall.

sharp/steep fall• There has been a sharp fall in the number of reported rapes involving strangers; these account for 12 % of attacks.• Separately, shares in forestry companies declined amid forecasts of a steep fall in cellulose prices, analysts said.• Two rival companies, Toshiba and Hitachi, saw a steep fall in profits.• As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.• An inadequate person in a job can lead to a sharp fall in morale or sales.• Whether the steep falls of yesterday turn into something more serious remains to be seen.• The steep fall in interest rates over the past two years has boosted their operating profits enormously.

rise and fall• Her chest glistened, and rose and fell with her breathing.• Here white graves are garnished with angels, rising and falling down to the brink of the sea.• Over and over again, for twenty-five minutes, the heads rose and fell before the final triumphant cry of Allah hu-Akbar!• Meanwhile, that part of the building shifted, rising and falling with the seasons, and the floors creaked constantly.• It was like being in a loo that rose and fell.• We decided to withdraw, to return to a timescale measured by the rise and fall of the sun.• Jailed gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray were reputed to have earned £250,000 for the film about their rise and fall.• There, rising and falling with her every breath.

the FallFall, then noun [S]

n1.the story in the Bible that tells how Adam and Eve, the first man and the first woman, disobeyed God. According to the story, God forbids Adam and Eve from eating the fruit (sometimes called ‘the apple’) on the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The serpent (=snake) persuades Eve to taste the fruit, and then Eve gives the fruit to Adam to eat. They are ashamed of disobeying God and wear fig leaves because they are also now ashamed of having no clothes on. When they tell God that they have eaten the fruit he sends them out of the Garden of Eden. This story is supposed to describe the way that human beings first learnt about the difference between good and evil.

From Longman Business Dictionary

fallfall1 /fɔːlfɒːl/ verb (past tensepst fell /fel/, past participlepp fallen /ˈfɔːlənˈfɒː-/)

1[intransitiveI] to go down to a lower price, level, amount etc

Sales of new passenger cars in Europe fell 9.6%.

fall to

The British pound fell to $1.7520 from $1.7850.

The company went public at $17 a share, but its stock price has fallen sharply since then.

The consumer confidence index fell steeply (=by a large amount) from 79.3 in May to 50.9 in October.

2fall due if a payment falls due on or by a particular date, it must be made on or by that date

Subscriptions are payable annually and fall due on 1 December.

Of these sums, $44.2 million fell due for repayment within one year and a further $22 million fell due after more than one year.

→ fall away

→ fall back

→ fall behind

→ fall off

→ fall through

fallfall2 noun

1[countableC] a reduction in the amount, level, price etc of something

fall in

Japanese companies have tried to make up for a fall in domestic demand by increasing sales overseas.

There has been a sharp fall in the price of copper.

The steep fall in the Nikkei index means interest rates will stay low.

2[singular] when a person or organization loses their position of power or becomes unsuccessful

the rise and fall of the British motorcycle industry

Origin fall1

Old English feallan

→REGISTER1 →THESAURUS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1fall2 noun →n GRAMMAR1Fall, then noun

LDOCE Online

Chinese

Corpus

see also

fall ⇨

reduction

noun

■ decline

dɪˈklaɪn

[intransitive]

(rather formal,

especially written)

to become lower or less in level, number, size, strength or importance （水平、数量、大小、强度或重要性）减少，下降，衰退

◆The number of tourists visiting the resort declined by 10% last year.去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%。

◆Manufacturing industry has slowly declined in importance.制造业已慢慢变得不如从前那么重要了。

OPP

increase ⇨

rise

see also

decline ⇨

reduction

noun

■ drop

(

-pp-

)

[intransitive]

(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时)

to become lower or less in level, number or strength （数量）减少；（水平）下降；（强度）减小

◆The Dutch team have dropped to fifth place.荷兰队已降至第五名。

◆At last the wind dropped.风势终于减弱了。

OPP

rise

climb ⇨

rise

see also

drop ⇨

reduction

noun

NOTE 辨析 Fall, decline or drop?In many cases you can use any of these words. 这些词在很多情况下可以通用

◆Sales have fallen / declined / dropped by 20%.销售额下降了20%。

They can all be used to talk about numbers, levels, rates, prices, profits and sales. To talk about a loss of economic strength in a particular place or industry, use decline. 这些词均可描述数量、水平、比率、价格、利润和销售额。描述特定地方或行业的经济实力衰退用decline

◆The area / city / industry / market / sector has declined (in importance).该地区／城市／行业／市场／领域（的重要性）降低了。

You can also use decline to talk about support for or interest in sth, or a person's health. A person's voice can fall or drop. Temperatures fall or drop. The wind can only drop. Things can fall or decline over a period of time, but drop cannot be used in the progressive tenses. * decline还可表示对事物的支持减少、兴趣下降或人的健康状况恶化。人的声音变小或温度下降用fall或drop均可。风势减弱只能用drop。fall和decline均可指在一段时间内减少、下降，而drop不能用于进行时

◆Sales have been falling / declining.销售额一直在下降。

◆falling / declining sales下降的销售额

◆Sales have been dropping.

◆dropping sales

■ diminish

dɪˈmɪnɪʃ

[intransitive]

(rather formal,

especially written)

to become lower or less in number, amount or strength （数目、数量或强度）减少，下降，变弱

◆The world's resources are rapidly diminishing.世界的资源正在迅速减少。

◆His influence has diminished with time.随着时间的推移，他的影响已不如从前了。

◆Our efforts were producing diminishing returns (= we achieved less although we spent more time or money).我们加大了投入，收益却在递减。

ⓘ Numbers and amounts of sth can diminish, but figures, rates, levels, profits and sales cannot. * diminish可与number和amount搭配，指数量减少，但不能表示数字、比率、水平、利润和销售额下降。

OPP

enhance ⇨

improve

■ decrease

[intransitive]

(rather formal)

to fall in number or level （数量）减少；（水平）下降

◆The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.今年新生人数从210减少到160。

◆The number of quarrels among children decreases with age (= the older they are, the fewer quarrels they have).儿童间争吵的次数随着年龄增长而减少。

OPP

increase ⇨

rise

see also

decrease ⇨

reduction

noun

■ sink

(

sank

, sunk

)

[intransitive]

(~~especially business 尤用于商业~~)

to fall in value or strength （价值或强度）降低，减弱

◆The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar.英镑对美元的比价已降到历史新低。

◆His voice sank almost to a whisper.他的声音渐低，几乎成了耳语。

OPP

rise ⇨

rise

■ ˌcome ˈdown

phrasal verb

(

came

, come

)

(especially of prices) to fall in level （尤指价格）下降，降低

◆The price of gas is coming down.煤气价格在下跌。

◆Gas is coming down in price.煤气价格在下跌。

OPP

go up ⇨

rise

fall

verb

the temperature falls 温度下降

fall into the river 掉进河里

slip and fall on the ice 在冰上滑一跤

fall

♦︎

go down (sth)

♦︎

come down (sth)

♦︎

descend

♦︎

drop

♦︎

sink

♦︎

crash

♦︎

tumble

♦︎

topple

♦︎

plungeThese words all mean to move downwards, especially suddenly and/or by accident. 这些词均表示落下，尤指突然或意外地掉落、跌落。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆to fall / go / come / drop / sink / crash / tumble down

◆to go down / come down / descend the stairs / steps

◆to go down / come down / descend a ladder

◆to fall / plunge to your death

■ fall

(

fell

, fallen

)

[intransitive]

(usually used with an adverb or preposition 通常与副词或介词连用)

to go from a higher place to a lower place, especially suddenly and/or by accident （尤指突然或意外地）落下，掉落，跌落

◆Several of the books had fallen onto the floor.这些书有几本掉到了地上。

◆One of the kids fell into the river.其中有一个小孩掉进了河里。

◆September had come and the leaves were starting to fall.已到9月了，树叶开始凋落。

◆He fell 23 metres onto the rocks below.他掉到下面23米处的岩石上。

▸

fall

noun

[countable]

◆She was killed in a fall from a horse.她从马背上掉下来摔死了。

■ ˌgo ˈdown sth

■ ˌgo ˈdown

phrasal verb

(

goes

, went

, gone

)

to move from a higher place to a lower place; to fall to the ground 向下移动；落下；倒在地上

◆I've been going up and down the stairs all day.我一整天都在楼梯上跑来跑去的。

◆The sun went down below the horizon.太阳落到了地平线下。

◆She tripped and went down with a bump.她绊了一下，重重地摔倒在地上。

OPP

go up (sth) ⇨

climb

■ ˌcome ˈdown sth

■ ˌcome ˈdown

phrasal verb

(

came

, come

)

to move from a higher place to a lower place; to break and fall to the ground 向下移动；崩塌；坍塌

◆She came down the steps two at a time.她一步跨两级地走下台阶。

◆The ceiling came down with a terrific crash.随着一声可怕的巨响，天花板塌了下来。

OPP

go up (sth) ⇨

climb

NOTE 辨析 Go down or come down? Go is usually used from the point of view of the person who is moving somewhere. Come is usually used from the point of view of the person or place that sb/sth is moving to or towards. * go通常是从行进者的角度出发，come通常是从目的地的角度出发。

■ descend

dɪˈsend

[intransitive

, transitive]

(formal)

to go down from a higher place to a lower place 下去；下降

◆The plane began to descend.飞机开始降落。

◆She descended the stairs slowly.她缓慢地走下楼梯。

OPP

ascend ⇨

climb

▸

descent

noun

[countable

, usually singular]

◆The plane began its descent to Heathrow.飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。

■ drop

(

-pp-

)

[intransitive]

to fall by accident; to fall or sit down, especially because you are no longer able to stand （意外地）落下，掉下；（尤指因无法再站立而）倒下，坐下

◆The climber slipped and dropped to his death.那个攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。

◆He staggered in and dropped into a chair.他摇摇晃晃地走了进来，一屁股坐在椅子上。

■ sink

(

sank

, sunk

)

[intransitive]

(usually used with an adverb or preposition 通常与副词或介词连用)

(of a person) to move downwards, especially by falling or sitting down; (of an object) to move slowly downwards （人）倒下，坐下；（物体）下沉，下陷

◆She sank back into her seat.她坐回椅子上。

◆The old man had sunk to his knees.老头跪了下去。

◆The foundations of the building are starting to sink.楼房的地基开始下陷。

■ crash

[intransitive]

(usually used with an adverb or preposition 通常与副词或介词连用)

to hit sth hard while moving, causing noise and/or damage 猛撞；碰撞

◆A brick crashed through the window.砖块哗啦一声砸穿了窗户。

◆With a sweep of his hand he sent the glasses crashing to the floor.他一挥手把眼镜碰到地上摔碎了。

◆The door crashed open.门砰的一声给砸开了。

■ tumble

[intransitive]

to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way 倒塌；坍塌

◆The scaffolding came tumbling down.脚手架突然坍塌。

▸

tumble

noun

[countable

, usually singular]

◆The jockey took a nasty tumble at the third fence.骑师在第三道栅栏处重重摔下马来。

■ topple

[intransitive]

(always used with an adverb or preposition 总是与副词或介词连用)

to become unsteady and fall down （失去平衡而）坠落，倒塌，倒下

◆The pile of books toppled over.那摞书倒了。

■ plunge

[intransitive]

(always used with an adverb or preposition 总是与副词或介词连用)

to move suddenly forwards and/or downwards 突然前冲（或下落）

◆She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death.她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

fall

verb

the temperature falls 温度下降

fall into the river 掉进河里

slip and fall on the ice 在冰上滑一跤

fall

♦︎

fall over

♦︎

stumble

♦︎

trip

♦︎

fall downThese words all mean to stop standing suddenly. 这些词均表示突然倒下、跌倒。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆to stumble / trip over sth

■ fall

(

fell

, fallen

)

(usually used with an adverb or preposition 通常与副词或介词连用)

[intransitive]

(especially written)

to suddenly stop standing 突然倒下；跌倒

◆She slipped and fell on the ice.她在冰上滑了一跤。

■ ˌfall ˈover

phrasal verb

(

fell

, fallen

)

(especially spoken)

to suddenly stop standing 突然倒下；跌倒

◆I fell over and cut my knee.我跌倒划破了膝盖。

■ stumble

[intransitive]

to hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and fall or almost fall 绊脚

◆The child stumbled and fell.孩子绊了一下，摔倒了。

◆I stumbled over a rock.我在石头上绊了一下。

■ trip

(

-pp-

)

[intransitive]

(usually used with an adverb or preposition 通常与副词或介词连用)

to catch your foot on sth and fall or almost fall 绊；绊倒

◆Someone will trip over that cable.有人会让那条电缆绊倒的。

◆Be careful you don't trip up on the step.你小心别在台阶上绊倒了。

■ ˌfall ˈdown

phrasal verb

(

fell

, fallen

)

to suddenly stop standing 突然倒下；跌倒

◆The house looked as if it was about to fall down.那座房子看起来摇摇欲坠。

NOTE 辨析 Fall, fall over or fall down? Fall and fall over are only used to talk about people in this meaning; fall down can be used to talk about people, buildings, or other structures that can stand and then suddenly stop standing. Fall is used more in writing. In British English fall over is used more in speech. In American English fall down is used more in speech. * fall和fall over表达此义时只用于人，fall down可用于人、建筑物或其他可以直立而又突然倒下的结构体。fall多用于书面语。fall over多用于英式英语的口语。 fall down多用于美式英语的口语。