"belly up" in Chinese (Traditional)
破產垮掉仰面朝上(字面)
Definition
“Belly up” 是一個非正式說法,表示某事失敗、破產或停止運作。字面意思也可形容動物仰面死去漂浮著。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
非常口語化,常指公司或計畫失敗(如“公司垮了”)。字面用法多見於死魚或動物仰面。勿用於正式文體。近似於“破產”、“倒閉”。
Examples
The store went belly up last year.
那家商店去年**倒閉**了。
Their plan went belly up after the mistake.
他們的計劃在出錯後**失敗**了。
Many restaurants went belly up during the crisis.
危機期間許多餐館**倒閉**了。
Our project’s going belly up if we don’t fix this soon.
如果我們不快點解決,這個專案就要**垮掉**了。
When the market crashed, his business went belly up overnight.
市場崩盤時,他的公司一夜之間就**破產**了。
I bought some fish, but by morning they were all belly up in the tank.
我買的魚到了早上全都**仰面朝上**死在魚缸裡了。