come to grief

中文含义: 遭受失败或不好的结局

英语词性: 短语,动词+介词

美式音标: /kʌm tu ɡrif/

同义词: meet with disaster, come to a bad end, have a setback

易混淆单词: come to grips(理解或应对问题),come to terms(达成协议或妥协)

双语例句:

  • The company came to grief after the CEO made a series of bad decisions.(这家公司在首席执行官做出一系列错误决策后遭受失败。)
  • His plans to start a business came to grief when he couldn’t secure enough funding.(他因为无法获得足够的资金,计划创业最终遭受失败。)