fallen | adj 1. having lost honour, chastity, terjerumus ke lembah kehinaan: ~ women, wanita-wanita yg terjerumus ke lembah kehinaan; 2. (of town, city) (telah) ditawan; 3. dead, gugur: the ~ soldiers, askar-askar yg gugur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
plunge | b. cause st to be thrown into a certain state or condition, i. (darkness etc), (act.) /menyebabkan, menjadikan/ sst di selubungi [sst]; (pass.), (sst) diselubungi: the whole building was ~d into darkness due to power failure, seluruh bangunan itu diselubungi kegelapan disebabkan terputusnya bekalan elektrik; ii. (chaos etc), (act.) menjerumuskan sst ke dlm; (pass.), sst terjerumus dlm: these dangerous policies could ~ the nation into war, polisi-polisi yg berbahaya ini boleh menjerumuskan negara ke dlm kancah peperangan; to be ~d into debt, terjerumus dlm kancah hutang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
slide | 3. begin to enter, acquire (a certain state etc), [various translations]: he has slid into the habit of waking up late, dia telah beransur-ansur berubah kpd tabiat suka bangun lambat; it’s easy to ~ into crime when you mix with this group of people, mudah terjerumus dlm kegiatan jenayah apabila kamu bergaul dgn kumpulan orang spt ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
brink | n tepi, pinggir: he dragged her away from the ~ of the cliff, dia mengheret gadis itu jauh dr tepi cenuram tersebut; the ~ of a pond, tepi kolam; be on the ~ of st, hampir-hampir [+ approp v]: the two countries were on the ~ of war, kedua-dua negara itu hampir-hampir berperang; he is on the ~ of a new discovery, dia hampir-hampir mendapat penemuan baru; his foolishness took him to the ~ of disaster, kebodohannya menyebabkan dia hampir-hampir terjerumus ke jurang kemusnahan; be on the ~ of the grave, (berada) di ambang maut; shiver on the ~, takut-takut berani, teragak-agak. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |