Fall between two stools
两头落空
🧩 词语组成解析
fall
[fɔl]
v. 落下;跌倒;减少;沦陷;
n. 落下;瀑布;秋天;减少;
between
[bɪ'twin]
prep. 在…之间;私下，暗中;在…中任择其一;来往于…之间;
adv. 当中，中间;
two
[tu]
n. 两个;两个东西;两点钟;一对;
adj. 两个的;我同;
num. 两个;第二;二;
n. 凳子；托架（stool的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
I'd like to make a couple of proposals to improve the whole situation.
为了改善整个局面，我们提出若干建议。
The doctor advised me to take better care of myself.
医生劝我要多照顾自己。
recorded for the slumbering scientist the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him,and the direction from which it came.
由于地震太弱而未惊醒科学家时，就为科学家记录下了地震的强度和地震方向。