| 释义 |       present tense third-person singular of fall short    1      as in failsto be unsuccessful The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations.       fails     collapses     flops     falls flat     folds     struggles     strikes out     misses     falls on one's face     bombs     flames out     tanks     lays an egg     comes up empty     washes out     comes to grief     founders     dies on the vine     flunks     craters     comes a cropper     declines     goes under     crashes     slips     skids     crumbles     slumps     flounders     wanes     miscarries     misfires     sinks     implodes     self-destructs       See More   comes off     goes     succeeds     delivers     goes over     works out     pans out     clicks     cooks     thrives     flourishes     prospers     prevails     wins     triumphs     2      as in falls flatto go wrong The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues.       falls flat     fails     comes to grief     miscarries     misfires     comes a cropper     stalls     dies     misses     struggles     flops     flames out     breaks down     folds     founders     crashes     washes out     tanks     flunks     fizzles     skids     bombs     wanes     flounders     slumps     slips     declines     busts     conks (out)          prevails     succeeds     flourishes     thrives     prospers   |