go downhill

基本解释

But then these efforts began to go downhill.
之后，这些努力就开始走下坡路。
Things go downhill from youth to middle age until they reach a nadir commonly known as the mid-life crisis.
从青年到中年这一段是走下坡路的，一直到达最低点，也就是大家所熟知的中年危机。
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.
这缓慢的病理过程是老年医学的一个方面，但我们能做的是微不足道和最终人们还是日趋衰败，他说。

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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