| 词汇 | fall-back-on |
| 释义 | fall back on somethingphrasal verb with fallverbuk /fɔːl/ us /fɑːl/fell | fallen C2 to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed: 借助于;依赖，依靠 When the business failed, we had to fall back on our savings.公司倒闭后，我们只得靠积蓄度日。 If I lose my job, I'll have nothing to fall back on.我要是丢了工作，就什么指望都没有了。 Using and misusing adopt adoption avail avail yourself of something be/go heavy on somethingidiom exhaust go into something go through gobble something up make capital out of somethingidiom max spare spent swallow tap turn to someone/something turn/use something to good accountidiom unblock underuse underused fall back on something | American Dictionaryfall back on somethingphrasal verb with fallverbus/fɔl/past tensefellus/fel/ | past participlefallenus/ˈfɔ·lən/ to use something for help because no other choice is available: The organization has no income and no reserves to fall back on. fall back on sth | Business Englishfall back on sthphrasal verb with fallverbuk /fɔːl/usfell | fallen to have something you can use or do if what you originally planned to use or do is not available or not possible: The company can always fall back on its core business if any of the subsidiaries fail. We had to fall back on our personal savings to pay our business overheads. |
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