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[successes and failures;advantage and disadvantage] 事情的成毁与顺逆
至于成败利钝,非臣之明所能逆睹也。——诸葛亮《后出师表》
成败论人 ( 成敗論人 )chéng bài -lùn rén
[evaluate people according to success or failure;appraise sb.according to his achievement] 指世俗评价人物总以其失败和成功为褒贬标准
反败为胜 ( 反敗為勝 )fǎn bài wéi shèng
[turn defeat into victory;snatch a victory out of defeat]一种作战思想。意为打了败仗不泄气,重整旗鼓,利用敌人松懈麻痹的思想去进攻,就能变失败为胜利
功败垂成 ( 功敗垂成 )gōng bài -chuí chéng
[There's many a slip between the cup and the lip;fail in a great undertaking on the verge of success] 功业即将取得成就之时突然失败了
毋使临渴而掘井,功败垂成。——《孽海花》
我明白,这个向来有泪不轻弹的硬汉,之所以伤心落泪,是在为自己那努力多年而功败垂成的事业感到惋惜
骄兵必败 ( 驕兵必敗 )jiāo bīng -bì bài
[the self-conceited troops are destined to fail] 自负力量强大而轻敌的军队,必遭失败
两败俱伤 ( 兩敗俱傷 )liǎng bài -jù shāng
[internecine;both parties be weakened by mutual homicide;both being defeated and wounded; both sides suffer; cut one another's throat; neither side gains] 争斗的双方都受到损失
倘若大人再要回护他三人,将来一定两败俱伤,于大人反为无益。——清· 李宝嘉《官场现形记》
气急败坏 ( 氣急敗壞 )qì jí -bài huài
[flustered and exasperated] 呼吸急促,狼狈不堪。因愤怒或激动而慌张地说话、回答或喊叫
他们在愤怒中气急败坏地作了回答
辱门败户 ( 辱門敗戶 )rǔ mén -bài hù
[bring disgrace on a family] 指做了伤风败俗的事,使家族门庭蒙受耻辱
这等辱门败户羞人甚,倒也不若无儿一世孤。——《元曲选·曲江池》
伤风败俗 ( 傷風敗俗 )shāng fēng -bài sú
[offend public decency;be harmful to society's morals] 败坏社会道德风气
伤风败俗之事
身败名裂 ( 身敗名裂 )shēn bài -míng liè
[lose all standing and reputation] 地位丧失,名誉扫地。形容做坏事遭到彻底失败
事败垂成 ( 事敗垂成 )shì bài -chuí chéng
[fail on the verge of success;abortive attempt] 事情在快要成功时失败了
一败涂地 ( 一敗塗地 )yī bài -tú dì
[meet one's waterloo;suffer a crushing defeat] 形容彻底失败,无法收拾局面
转败为胜 ( 轉敗為勝 )zhuǎn bài -wéi shèng
[snatch a victory out of defeat;turn defeat into victory] 扭转了败局,获得了胜利
坐观成败 ( 坐觀成敗 )zuò guān -chéng bài
[wait to see what will come of another’s venture; look on coldly;be a mere onlooker] 对于他人的成功或失败采取旁观态度