collapse

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过去分词：collapsed  现在分词：collapsing  第三人称单数：collapses  

n.

1.倒塌,塌陷,崩塌,坍塌;坍毁,断裂

2.倒塌,崩溃,衰弱

3.崩溃;溃败,战败;解体,破坏,大厦倾圮

4.倒塌;暴跌

5.凹陷

6.(价格等的)暴跌

7.衰萎,昏倒,疲惫不堪

8.虚脱状态

9.故障

10.【医学】虚脱;萎陷

v.

1.(屋顶等)倒塌,塌下;(政府等)崩溃,瓦解

2.使倒塌;使崩溃,使衰弱

3.倒塌,坍塌下来

4.(价格等)暴跌;(计划等)失败;(身体、健康等)衰退,消沉,颓丧;(用具等)折叠,压扁;压缩

5.压塌,压坏,毁坏,毁掉

6.瓦解,解体,解散,土崩瓦解

7.不成功,不能成立,乃告破产,成为泡影

8.消逝,丧失;破灭,毁灭

9.虚脱,突然晕倒,突然倒了下去

10.瘫,瘫倒,瘫倒在地;浑身瘫痪

1 . The collapse is similar to what happens to hardened glass when it is smashed with a hammer, he said.
他认为，这次破裂类似于用锤子击打硬化玻璃的情形。

2 . The unpopular government is bracing for collapse, and on Tuesday, Irish government bonds continued a week-long slide to a fresh record low.
周二爱尔兰政府债券依旧延续一周跌势，滑至历史新低。

3 . In too many countries, the health systems to do that either do not exist or are on the point of collapse.
在太多的国家，开展这项工作的卫生系统不存在，或者面临崩溃。

4 . The SNB implicitly referred to the possibility of a collapse of one of the large banks in its analysis of the "too big to fail" problem.
瑞士国家银行在其对规模太大而会倒闭这个问题使，内部参考了其中一家大规模银行的倒闭的可能性。

5 . If it were to fail, it would be the largest U. S. bank to collapse in 2009.
如果它倒闭了，那么2009年将是美国最大银行崩溃的时候。