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词汇 crash-and-burn
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crash and burn


idiom informal
to fail very suddenly, obviously, and completely: 彻底失败;一下子倒闭;遭遇惨败
In this business, new products often crash and burn.在这一行,新产品常常会一败涂地。
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 a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
fray around/at the edgesidiom
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
crash-and-burn
adjective
 informaluk /ˌkræʃ.ənˈbɜːn/ us /ˌkræʃ.ənˈbɝːn/
making you fail or feel as if you have failed: 使人有挫败感的;使人失败的
It's that crash-and-burn moment of stepping on the scale and realizing you have put on weight rather than lost it.当你站到称上发现自己非但没有减肥反而增重了,会感到很挫败。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Informal words for bad
badass
bobbin
bum
crappy
crook
cruddy
crummy
duff
lousy
not be up to muchidiom
pappy
piss-poor
pisser
shite
shoddiness
shoddy
shonky
such as it isidiom
super-bad
tacky
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