flatline
verb (informal)- [intransitive]
to be at a low level and fail to improve or increase 處於低潮;沒有起色 He said the party had been ‘flatlining’—failing to increase its level of support—for eight years. 他說,該黨八年來一直表現平平——未能提高支持率。
- [intransitive]
to die; to become clinically dead even if you later recover 死;斷氣 I flatlined twice and was on life support for several days. 我癟了兩次,靠生命維持了幾天。
Word Origin1980s: from flat ‘level’ + line (with reference to the continuous straight line displayed on a heart monitor, indicating death).