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词汇 flop
释义 flop
verb
uk /flɒp/ us /flɑːp/-pp-

flopverb (FALL)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to fall or drop heavily: 重重地落下(或掉下)
flop overHugh's hair keeps flopping over his eyes.
flop intoShe flopped into the chair with a loud sigh.
flop downWhen she gets home from school, she's so tired all she can do is flop down in front of the television.放学回家后,她累得除了一屁股坐在电视机前之外,什么也做不了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving downwards
base jumping
cascade
descend
descent
downwardly
drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom
fall
fall down
go down
nosedive
parachute
plumb
post-dive
pronate
pronation
put something/someone down
rain
rain (something) down
stone
touch

flopverb (FAIL)


[ I ]
If a book, play, film, etc. flops, it is not successful: (书、戏剧、电影等)砸锅,完全失败
Her first book flopped, but her second became a bestseller.她的第一本书很失败,但是第二本成了畅销书。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to not work or happen as intended
failWe tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall apartThings were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
fall to piecesThe plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
fall throughOur plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crackThe Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flub
flunk out
founder
fray around/at the edgesidiom
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
flop
noun
uk /flɒp/ us /flɑːp/

flopnoun (FAILURE)


[ Cusually singular ]informal
a failure: 失败,不成功
complete flopThe play was a complete flop.
total flopThe first dinner she cooked him was a total flop.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

someone or something that is not successful
failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure.
successThe operation was a success.
turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey.
clunkerUSThat pitch was a real clunker.
bombUSHis website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet.
dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Failures
another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
bloodbath
brain freeze
breakdown
busted flush
car crash
false dawn
fiasco
flameout
foul (something) up
freefall
hash
lemon
loser
parody
post-crash
pratfall
reversal
slim pickings
slush pile

flopnoun (FALL)


[ S ]
an occasion when someone or something falls or drops heavily: 重重地落下(或掉下)
He fell with a flop on the bed.他重重地倒在床上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving downwards
base jumping
cascade
descend
descent
downwardly
drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom
fall
fall down
go down
nosedive
parachute
plumb
post-dive
pronate
pronation
put something/someone down
rain
rain (something) down
stone
touch

See also


FLOPS

flop | American Dictionary


flop
verb
us/flɑp/-pp-

flopverb (FALL)


[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to fall or drop heavily:
A newborn baby’s head flops backward if you don’t support it.

flopverb (FAIL)


[ I ]infml
to fail:
Her first book flopped, but her second became a bestseller.
flop
noun
us/flɑp/

flopnoun (FAILURE)


[ Cusually sing ]infml
a failure:
The movie was a complete flop.

flopnoun (FALL)


[ U ]
a heavy drop or fall:
He fell with a flop on the bed.

flop | Business English


flop
noun[ C ]
 informaluk /flɒp/us
an unsuccessful product, plan, etc.:
The film was the first commercial flop of the director's career.
The plan to create a separate internet subsidiary proved a flop.
a complete/total/expensive flopThe new mobile technology turned out to be an expensive flop.
flop
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /flɒp/us
to be unsuccessful:
Many of the big internet companies in the US have flopped badly in China.

Examples of flop


flop
We cannot go flopping along like this every year, with incomes roaring ahead, and then a large increase in income tax.
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The answer to that is that at the same time and in the same period there were other quotations which were not flops at all.
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We have here a story of three flops.
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The cash is being poured out because the buy-your-home campaign has flopped.
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Indeed, it would be bad for this country if it flopped and went bust, which could happen.
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Is it not also the case that that ill thought out plan has flopped badly and is monumentally unpopular with employers and its potential clients?
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If the issue flops because the share price has been set too high, we hear the same yells of derision.
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Is not the truth that it was one of its biggest flops?
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The cinema industry is a mixture of many flops and occasional successes.
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The new programme appears to be flopping because it is not attracting enough people.
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When it came to the substance, he flopped it.
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He will conduct experiments in so-called open enrolment and opting out, and in budget management by head teachers that has flopped wherever it has been rehearsed.
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The album failed to chart a major hit, with the title track flopping in comparison to previous lead singles.
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Behind those forgotten hits and semi-hits lurked hundreds, if not thousands, of regional hits and flops from the same era, most even rawer and cruder....
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Most of the films he directed during the period ended up being flops.
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