基本释义:

n.压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂v.折叠( collapse的现在分词 ); 倒塌; 崩溃; （尤指工作劳累后）坐下

实用例句

The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.

镇上老码头区多年来疏于维护,快要塌陷了.

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It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.

在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

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Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts.

许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。

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The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.

工程垮掉系环境所迫。

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Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing.

与此同时，伦敦的皇宫影业公司也正在分崩离析。

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Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing.

救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。

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It's become a commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.

现在在街上时不时会看见有人饿晕。

柯林斯例句

She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.

她精疲力竭地回到家，勉强冲了个澡就倒在了床上。

柯林斯例句

The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough.

岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱.

辞典例句

The weight of snow stressed the roof to the point of collapsing.

雪的重量压得屋顶快要塌了.

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All the shops can't be collapsing; that would make the market even less like a market. "

总不能大家一齐拖倒, 弄得市面更加不像市面. ”

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Collapsing interstellar cloud reverses its gravitational infall and expands outward into the relatively quiescent interstellar environment.

坍缩的星际云克服向内的引力而向外膨胀到较宁静的星际环境中去.

辞典例句

The weight of snow stressed the roof point of collapsing.

雪的重量压得屋顶快要“塌”了.

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The cellar was cribbed with wood to prevent the walls from collapsing.

地下室沿墙装设了木板,以防墙壁倒塌.

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An aftershock jolted me awake with the thud of collapsing buildings.

我在一阵余震的晃动下醒来,周围响起建筑物坍塌的声音.

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真题例句

A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway.

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

What stopped the American economy from collapsing in 2007?

出自-2012年6月阅读原文