| 释义 | 
		      past participle of fall short    1       as in failed   to be unsuccessful The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations.       -  
  failed      -  
  collapsed      -  
  flopped      -  
  fallen flat      -  
  missed      -  
  flamed out      -  
  washed out      -  
  struck out      -  
  struggled      -  
  stricken out      -  
  come up empty      -  
  laid an egg      -  
  come to grief      -  
  fallen on one's face      -  
  slumped      -  
  folded      -  
  slipped      -  
  declined      -  
  died on the vine      -  
  come a cropper      -  
  flunked      -  
  tanked      -  
  cratered      -  
  foundered      -  
  bombed      -  
  gone under      -  
  crumbled      -  
  floundered      -  
  waned      -  
  skidded      -  
  misfired      -  
  miscarried      -  
  sunk      -  
  crashed      -  
  imploded      -  
  self-destructed                   -  
  worked out      -  
  gone      -  
  come off      -  
  delivered      -  
  succeeded      -  
  panned out      -  
  clicked      -  
  gone over      -  
  cooked      -  
  flourished      -  
  thrived      -  
  prospered      -  
  prevailed      -  
  won      -  
  thriven      -  
  triumphed        See More                   2       as in fallen flat   to go wrong The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues.       -  
  fallen flat      -  
  come to grief      -  
  failed      -  
  come a cropper      -  
  misfired      -  
  miscarried      -  
  stalled      -  
  flamed out      -  
  died      -  
  washed out      -  
  missed      -  
  broken down      -  
  struggled      -  
  folded      -  
  flopped      -  
  conked (out)      -  
  fizzled      -  
  flunked      -  
  foundered      -  
  crashed      -  
  waned      -  
  slumped      -  
  floundered      -  
  slipped      -  
  skidded      -  
  bust      -  
  tanked      -  
  busted      -  
  bombed      -  
  declined                   -  
  prevailed      -  
  succeeded      -  
  thriven      -  
  flourished      -  
  thrived      -  
  prospered                             |