But the law has fallen down on the job.

但法律对这项工作不利。

It's hard to believe that he'd fall down on the job like that.

凯蒂：很难相信他会那样放弃这份工作。

I admit I'm a little sluggish, but that's no reason to fall down on the job.

卡门：我承认我有点迟钝，但这不是在工作中失败的理由。

“Don't do that again, ” or we weren't thinking about it right, or somebody was falling down on the job, or whatever the case may be.

“不要再这样做了”，或者我们没有正确地思考这个问题，或者有人在工作中出错了，或者诸如此类的情况。

Particularly since September 11 the law has fallen down on the job, and we do not have the rules in place that we need.

特别是自 9 月 11 日以来， 这项工作的法律已经失效，我们没有制定我们需要的规则。

The expression " to fall down on the job" means to do poorly, not to do what you are expected to do.

“to fall down on the job” 这个表达的意思是做得不好， 而不是做你应该做的事情。

But in general, " to fall down on the job" means to not be doing the work you are supposed to be doing, like some of you right now, listening to this podcast.

但总的来说，“工作失败” 意味着没有做你应该做的工作， 就像你们中的一些人现在正在听这个播客一样。