In fact, he was sort of a flop. A great big, fat flop.

“事实上，他有点失败。巨大的失败。”

They'll often leap off trees in big belly flops.

它们经常会带着大肚子从树上重重地跳下来。

And the base is crispy enough that it's not just flopping.

因为饼底足够酥脆，所以不会翻转倒掉。

It really is. Can we wear shorts and flip flops to work?

确实是。我能可以穿短裤和人字拖上班吗？

There were a few hits, like Ghostbusters, but many more flops, so Coke eventually sold the studio to Sony.

也有一些大热的电影，比如《捉鬼敢死队》，但扑街的情，所以可口可乐最终将哥伦比亚电影公司卖给了索。

And finally, if something is a flop, it's completely unsuccessful – a failure.

最后，如果某件事是flop，那就意味着它完全有功——失败了。

It was a flop and shut two years later.

这个举措很失败，并在两年后闭店。

So, we hope this Words to the Wise has not been a flop.

所以，我们希望这期的《一点就通》不是一期失败的节目。

" It was the Canon Cat, and it was a total flop, " Atkinson said.

“就是佳能猫，这是一个彻底的败笔，”阿特金森说。

How do you handle it when a movie that you've worked on flops?

你自己参与其中的电影一旦表现不佳，你怎么面对这样的结果？

" Urnbridge hates part-humans, " said Hermione bitterly, flopping down into an armchair.

“乌姆里奇讨厌半人类，”赫敏痛苦地说，猛地倒在扶手椅上。

The baby dragon flopped onto the table.

小龙在桌上摇摇摆摆地扑腾着。

Despite its supposed crossover appeal, in China it flopped.

这部影片尽管被认为有很强的跨国吸引力，但在中国却失败了。

So, sometimes a movie might get a lot of buzz but then it's a flop.

所以，有时一部电影也许热度很高，但是之后票房惨淡（flop）。

Put that on top. Flop it on top!

把它放在最上面。把它放在上面！

Okay, flop that, you know what I mean.

好吧，乱说的啦，你知道我的意思。

It has consistently flopped as a commercial proposition.

作为一项商业提议，它屡屡失败。

An absolute flop for the U.K down goes Hudson.

英国队的绝对失败是哈德森。

So when a movie flops, it's a very hard fall -- really another way of saying failure.

所以，当一个电影遭遇滑铁卢了，那是重摔——真得是失败的另一种说法了。

But the film was a box office bomb, and a critical flop.

但它最终票房惨败。