a recent fall-off in sales近来销售量的减少One slip and you could fall off the building.脚下一滑就可能从建筑物上跌下去.When you are learning to ride a bicycle, you often fall off.初学骑自行车时, 常会从车上掉下来....
他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.他故意说那些话以保全他的面子.He purposely made those remarks to save his face.他屡屡失败以后, 这次胜利挽回了他的面子.After all his failures, the win saved his face....
I have never felt so humiliated in my life.我一生中从未感到如此丢脸。She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.儿子的事让她感到难堪和羞愧。...
The police checked all windows and doors for signs of forcible entry.警察检查了所有的门窗以寻找强行闯入的痕迹。It's a forcible argument.那是很有力的论点.Reports are coming in of the forcible resettlement of villagers from the countryside into t...