wither on the vine

The government has allowed the program to wither on the vine by reducing its funding.

政府减少了对该计划的财政支持,使其半途夭折了。

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This will hold also for universities, which will either prosper or wither on the vine depending on the agility they display in adapting themselves to student-consumer demands.

大学也同样如此，在高等教育的青藤上欣欣向荣还是黯然失色，取决于它们适应学生顾客要求的灵活性。

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Mr Obama may yet pull off a political upset himself, but it is just as likely that health reform will quietly wither on the vine.

奥巴马或许能为自己扳回一局也说不定，但是医改有同样的几率会就这么悄无声息的无果而终。

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In gaming, design and creativity often wither on the vine because of the industry's technology fetishism.

在游戏，因为工业的技术物恋，设计和创造性经常在藤上凋谢。

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World Bank clients need it, our shareholders demand it, and practical development economics will wither on the vine without it.

这是世界银行客户的需要，是我们股东国的要求，无此则务实型的发展经济学便会枯萎凋零，半途而废。

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But at later stages, when more homogeneous groups have to endorse, develop and deploy those ideas, these innovations often "wither on the vine".

但在随后的阶段中，随着这些创意必须由更加单一化的团队认可、发展和部署，这些创新通常会“夭折”。

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Without passion, even the most compelling vision will wither on the vine.

没有激情，即使是最激动人心的愿景也将无果而终。

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