| 释义 |       past tense of come to grief    1      as in collapsedto be unsuccessful His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks.       collapsed     failed     flopped     fell short     struck out     folded     fell flat     missed     struggled     flamed out     washed out     came up empty     laid an egg     bombed     came a cropper     died on the vine     flunked     tanked     fell on one's face     foundered     cratered     declined     went under     crashed     slipped     slumped     skidded     crumbled     floundered     waned     miscarried     misfired     sunk     imploded     sank     self-destructed       See More   went over     worked out     went     succeeded     came off     delivered     clicked     cooked     panned out     flourished     thrived     prospered     won     prevailed     triumphed     throve     2      as in fell shortto go wrong The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse.       fell short     fell flat     came a cropper     failed     miscarried     stalled     misfired     died     missed     flamed out     washed out     struggled     flopped     folded     crashed     broke down     flunked     fizzled     conked (out)     foundered     skidded     slumped     floundered     waned     tanked     bombed     slipped     busted     declined     bust          succeeded     prevailed     flourished     thrived     prospered     throve   |