case | cases | a hard case | at all events; in any event | at any rate | in any case | by no means | in no case | on no account | not on any account | this particular case | just in case | for such occasions | basket case | worst case | in the event | in the present case | in that case | in many instances | to make fall; to bring down | to cause the downfall | at all events | without fail | one of the rare cases [Add to Longdo]
[れいらく, reiraku] (n, vs) falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Downfall \Down"fall`\ (doun"f[add]l`), n.
1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
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Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland.
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Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.
--Dryden.
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2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or
happiness; destruction; ruin; as, the senator's
unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall.
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Dire were the consequences which would follow the
downfall of so important a place. --Motley.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downfall
n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn: {downfall}, {ruin}, {ruination}]
2: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or
hail or sleet or mist) [syn: {precipitation}, {downfall}]
3: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the
fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: {fall}, {downfall}]
[ant: {rise}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
