c. 1400, past participle adjective from fall (v.). Used figuratively for "morally ruined" by 1620s, from the verb in the sense "yield to temptation" (especially in reference to women and chastity), attested from c. 1200. Meaning "those who have died" attested by 1765. Fallen angel is from 1680s; fallen woman by 1748.
雙語例句
1. The bus is said to have over-turned and fallen into a ravine.
據(jù)說巴士發(fā)生翻車，跌進(jìn)了峽谷。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's been very unlucky that no chances have fallen to him.
他很不走運(yùn)，機(jī)會(huì)一次也沒有落到他頭上。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
糧食生產(chǎn)已經(jīng)跟不上人口增長(zhǎng)。
來自柯林斯例句
4. A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
下了數(shù)英寸厚的粉狀干雪。
來自柯林斯例句
5. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.