fall from grace

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The loss of one's social position, prestige, status, power, etc.
    — But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party.
动词 v.
  1. To lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.
  2. To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power. figuratively,idiomatic
    — His father fell from grace with the emperor.

词形变化

falls from grace plural falls from grace present,singular,third-person falling from grace participle,present fell from grace past fallen from grace participle,past
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