(informal)(of a plan, company, situation, etc.)to fail
机译:(指计划、公司、情况等)失败
The education system is going down the tubes.
机译:教育系统正在崩溃。
To fail; to be ruined or destroyed; to be squandered or wastefully discarded. All of our savings have gone down the tubes ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas.
机译:失败;被毁坏;被浪费或浪费掉。自从杰克在拉斯维加斯疯狂赌博以来,我们所有的积蓄都花光了。
My father’s company is going down the tubes because of the incompetent new CEO.
机译:我父亲的公司因为新任首席执行官的无能而陷入困境。
例句
She cried when she saw all her plans go down the tubes .
看到她一切的计划全都失败了,她哭了。
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Saw all her plans go down the tubes .
看到她所有的计划付之东流
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He must bring his country in from the cold or watch it go down the tubes .
他必须使他的国家摆脱孤立,不然就会眼睁睁看着它走向毁灭。
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Riccardo could see that we were going down the tube in a hurry unless something happened soon.
里卡多能够看出,除非迅速出现转化,我们很快要遭到灭顶之灾。
属类:综合句库-
She cried when she saw all her plans go down the tubes .
看到她一切的计划全都失败了,她哭了。
属类:综合句库-
Saw all her plans go down the tubes .
看到她所有的计划付之东流
属类:综合句库-
He must bring his country in from the cold or watch it go down the tubes .
他必须使他的国家摆脱孤立,不然就会眼睁睁看着它走向毁灭。
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Riccardo could see that we were going down the tube in a hurry unless something happened soon.