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

• Many will fall by the wayside.
  很多公司都会因失败而放弃。
• 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。
• 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。
• They let prevention fall by the wayside.
  它们使预防工作半途而废。
• 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。
• In the office we have discovered that while many candidates look promising, some fall by the wayside once they start corresponding. Those who can't spell or who become over-familiar at an early stage get weeded out.
  在办公室里，我们发现，虽然许多候选人看起来很有希望，不过一开始通信，有些人就出局了：那些错字连篇或一开始就热情过头的人会被排除掉。
• 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
• We should always remember this important thing, that is half of the people who have embarked on a one hundred mile journey may fall by the wayside.
  我们应该记住这样一条古训：行百里者半九十。
• Amateurs fall by the wayside when the going gets tough
  业余爱好者遇到困难时往往半途而废。
• 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。