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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most people fall by the wayside.
  大多数人半途而废。
• We've seen some potential competitors fall by the wayside.
  我们看到有些潜在竞争对手中途退出。
• 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
• 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。