come to grief
基本解释
- 遭难，失败
英汉例句
- NOT all financial innovations have come to grief in the credit crunch.
不是所有的金融创新在信贷危机中都会失败。 - When stodgy European firms decide they, too, can become agile, they sometimes come to grief.
当步履沉重的欧洲公司决定，它们也可以变得灵活时，结果有时是令人悲哀的。 - Planets could also come to grief in a similar process, although Zubovas and co say these kinds of events are probably as rare as the death of stars.
尽管Zubovas和他的朋友说这种事情和恒星的死亡一样罕见，但是行星也可能用类似的过程走进不幸。 - Mr Salmond will not be the first, nor the last, politician to come to grief in the Balkans.
ECONOMIST: Scotland’s election - These days you can manage to stay under the radar and still come to grief when you try to sell a piece.
FORBES: Magazine Article - Politicians seeking to exploit religious strife will come to grief, he said.
ECONOMIST: Middle East