一蹶不振 meaning in English
unable to get up after a fall; be finished for good; be lost without resources; collapse after one setback; fall, never to rise again; never to be able to recover after a setback; never to recover from a setback; unable to recover after the comedown
Examples
- Over the years, sales had languished .
多年来，销售情况已一蹶不振。 - Various strokes of misfortune led to his ruin .
他遭诸多不幸而一蹶不振。 - He never got over the shock of losing his wife .
他失去妻子后便一蹶不振。 - But i hope the sequois club isn't out .
不过我期望红彬俱乐部不要就此一蹶不振。 - Nixon was too shattered to reach out genuinely .
尼克松已一蹶不振，心灰意冷了。