“成批倒下”用英語表達(dá)可以是 drop like flies，字面意思非常形象，它寓意：

1、many people falling ill or dying around the same time

許多人在同一時(shí)間生病或死亡

2、faint, collapse or die in large numbers

暈倒、崩潰或大量死亡

3、rapidly decrease in number

數(shù)量迅速減少

4、drop out of a group in large numbers

大批退出團(tuán)體

例如：

1、It was flu season and people in our office were dropping like flies.

當(dāng)時(shí)是流感季節(jié)，我們辦公室里的人紛紛得了流感。

2、In the beginning, a lot of people signed up for the health program, but after a few months they started dropping like flies.

剛開始很多人報(bào)名參加這個(gè)健康項(xiàng)目，但幾個(gè)月后，他們開始紛紛退出這個(gè)項(xiàng)目。

解析：lots of 和 a lot of 意思一樣，意為“許多”，表示量很大，但是沒必要指明量的多少，多用在比較不正式的談話或是寫作中（正式的用 many 或 much），后面跟可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞，謂語的單復(fù)數(shù)根據(jù)后面接的名詞來變化。

3、When one of the children in the class got infected, most of the other children started dropping like flies.

當(dāng)班上有一個(gè)孩子感染了病毒時(shí)，其他大多數(shù)孩子就開始紛紛被傳染了。

4、We had an especially harsh summer this year. The heat was unbearable and people were dropping like flies.

今年的夏天特別難熬?？釤犭y耐，人們紛紛熱得暈倒了。

5、The contest was so difficult that the participants were dropping like flies.

比賽太難了，參賽者大批退出比賽。

解析：so … that … 用來引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句，意為“如此……以致于……”。

6、Claiming lives and stretching the healthcare system, a mysterious and deadly illness was spreading throughout the region.

奪去了很多生命且弄垮了醫(yī)療體系，一種神秘而致命的疾病正在整個(gè)地區(qū)蔓延。

解析：現(xiàn)在分詞短語 claiming lives and stretching the healthcare system 作狀語表狀態(tài)。