Fall from grace 既可以作名詞短語,也可以作動詞短語。它指某人因做了壞事或誤入歧途而失去人心,不再受眾人尊重。它還可以指人失去權(quán)力、榮譽或地位。
A pop star, who fell from grace, now works as singer at a theme park.
一位歌星誤入歧途,失去人心,所以現(xiàn)在在一家主題公園里當(dāng)歌手。
The actor's fall from grace was due to his foul mouth and poor timekeeping.
那位演員不再受人愛戴的原因是他滿口臟話而且還總遲到。
When news of her cheating became public, she quickly fell from grace.
當(dāng)她作弊的消息公開后,很快她的名聲就一落千丈。