fall away

基本解释

All his old friends fall away from him.
他所有的老朋友均离开了他。
But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end.
可是当你感受到步步迫近的死亡时，那些物质的细节都消失了，所有的一切都归于爱人和朋友。
Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
因为几乎每件事-所有外界期望、所有的名声、所有对困窘或失败的恐惧-在面对死亡时，都消失了，留下的只有最真实重要的东西。

Walls of rock fall away sharply at your feet.
One comes to be favored and then eventually becomes so important, the others really fall away, and you have the denial of all gods but the one.
只有一个受尊崇，最终变得极为重要，其他的渐渐衰退，你否定了所有的神灵，唯独肯定一个。
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New arches form. Older ones fall away.

Work skills deteriorate, even the desire to go back to work can fall away.
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