go downhill

基本解釋

But then these efforts began to go downhill.
之后，這些努力就開(kāi)始走下坡路。
Things go downhill from youth to middle age until they reach a nadir commonly known as the mid-life crisis.
從青年到中年這一段是走下坡路的，一直到達(dá)最低點(diǎn)，也就是大家所熟知的中年危機(jī)。
Slowing down the progression of the pathology is one way about it (geriatrics), but there's only so much we can do and ultimately people go downhill anyway, he says.
這緩慢的病理過(guò)程是老年醫(yī)學(xué)的一個(gè)方面，但我們能做的是微不足道和最終人們還是日趨衰敗，他說(shuō)。

The cow seemed to be trying to go downhill but for some reason it could not.
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Instead of helping her, the monk impregnates her, and things go downhill from there.
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Moreover, if charter schools go downhill they can usually be closed more easily than traditional schools.
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