英语释义

1. to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure
a blood vessel that collapsed

2. to break down completely disintegrate
… his case had collapsed in a mass of legal wreckage …
— Erle Stanley Gardner

3. to cave or fall in or give way
The bridge collapsed.

4. to suddenly lose force, significance, effectiveness, or worth
fears that the currency may collapse

5. to break down in vital energy, stamina, or self-control through exhaustion or disease
She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa. especially to fall helpless or unconscious
He collapsed on stage during the performance.

6. to fold down into a more compact shape
a chair that collapses a collapsing golf club that can fit into a travel bag

7. to cause to collapse
buildings collapsed by an earthquake He knelt for a long time, first watching the bay below, then collapsing the spyglass and settling his hands on his legs in a thoughtful pose.
— Heather Dunboine

8. condense
collapse several stories into one

9. a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina
suffered a mental collapse

10. a state of extreme prostration and physical depression (as from circulatory failure or great loss of body fluids)

11. an airless state of all or part of a lung originating spontaneously or induced surgically

12. the act or action of collapsing
the cutting of many tent ropes, the collapse of the canvas
— Rudyard Kipling

13. a sudden failure breakdown, ruin
the collapse of the government

14. a sudden loss of force, value, or effect
the collapse of respect for ancient law and custom
— L. S. B. Leakey

15. to break apart and fall down suddenly

16. to fall down or become unconscious because you are sick or exhausted

17. to completely relax the muscles of your body because you are very tired, upset, etc.

18. a situation or occurrence in which something (such as a bridge, building, etc.) suddenly breaks apart and falls down

19. a situation or occurrence in which someone suddenly falls down or becomes unconscious because of being sick or exhausted

20. a situation or occurrence in which something (such as a system or organization) suddenly fails a complete failure or breakdown

21. to break down completely fall in
He escaped from the mine before it collapsed.

22. to completely relax
I collapsed onto the sofa.

23. to suffer a physical or mental breakdown
She collapsed from exhaustion.

24. to fail or stop working suddenly
The ancient civilization collapsed.

25. to fold together
The umbrella collapses to a small size.

26. the act or an instance of breaking down
The building is in danger of collapse.

27. to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure
a blood vessel that collapsed

28. to break down in vital energy, stamina, or self-control through exhaustion or disease especially to fall helpless or unconscious

29. to cause to collapse
collapsing an infected lung

30. a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina complete sudden enervation
the daughter's mental collapse through mounting frustration
— Leslie Rees

31. a state of extreme prostration and physical depression resulting from circulatory failure, great loss of body fluids, or heart disease and occurring terminally in diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, and pneumonia

32. an airless state of a lung of spontaneous origin or induced surgically — see atelectasis

33. an abnormal falling together of the walls of an organ
collapse of blood vessels

片语

collapsing effect压垮作用

collapsing strength抗挤强度；破坏强度

loop collapsing回路瓦解

Collapsing tunnel隧道崩塌

Field Collapsing字段折叠

Collapsing Anchor缩心锚

collapsing hill[土壤]

collapsing board夹模板

英汉例句

• In the rich world, collapsing stock markets and corporate scandals have shaken confidence and mutual trust.

  在发达国家，股市崩溃和公司丑闻动摇了人们的信心和相互信任。

• The strains have been made worse by collapsing housing markets and the general economic slowdown.

  崩溃的住房市场和整体经济增长放缓使得情况更加严重。

• He needed carrying to the bath, to the toilet, to bed; his long legs were good for nothing, collapsing under him like a deck of CARDS.

  必须有人抱着他洗浴，扶着他如厕，搀着他上床。修长的双腿是一无是处的，若勉强起立就会像一副纸牌在他眼前整个塌陷下去。

• Photons provide the electromagnetic force that does everything from pointing compasses north to stopping solid objects collapsing in on themselves.

  光子提供了电磁相互作用力，这种力广泛存在，从决定指南针的指向到阻止固体物质因吸引而坍塌。

• But a toxic combination of external debt and collapsing confidence left the economy floundering.

  但是外债和信心崩溃的致命结合使国家陷入经济的困境。

• The third is the fear of provoking collapsing regimes into taking European expatriates as hostages.

  第三是担心刺激即将崩溃的政权拿欧洲侨民做人质。

• Such a rise would probably lead to fast-melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, drought, disease and collapsing agriculture in poor countries, and mass migration.

  这种上升可能会导致冰层的快速融化、海平面上升、干旱、疾病和穷国农业崩溃，以及大规模移民。

• Yet it started doing so last May because collapsing market confidence in the debt of some member countries could have led to the euro「s break-up.

  但是去年五月，由于对其成员国债务的市场信心崩溃可能会导致欧元体系解体，欧洲央行开始购买政府债券。

• After collapsing in 2001-02, the economy has notched up four years of growth of 9%.

  2001-02年的经济崩溃后，阿根廷经济创下了连续四年9%的增长率。

• In declining industrial regions of the United States and Europe, planners are today hatching plots to revitalize downtrodden neighborhoods or collapsing industrial regions as new high-tech corridors.

  在美国和欧洲的那些衰落的工业区，今天的策划者试图振兴那些被压制的居民区和崩溃的工业区，试图把它们变成新的高科技走廊。

• The answer is that they appropriated much of the wealth of a collapsing superpower.

  答案是他们侵吞了一个崩溃的超级大国的大量财富。

• Michigan, for instance, was in trouble even before the recession, but a collapsing car industry and dwindling sales - and income-tax receipts have made its situation much worse.

  比如，甚至在衰退之前，密歇根就已面临财务困境，而崩溃的汽车行业以及缩小的销售和收入税收使它的情况更为糟糕。

• Why not replace the shacks that blight the lives of so many poor people, thrown together out of cardboard and mud, and prone to collapsing or catching fire, with more durable structures?

  为什么不将让那么多穷人生活破灭的窝棚换掉，一起从容易坍塌和着火的纸板和泥泞中搬出来，取而代之以更加经久耐用的建筑？

• And how would changing the treaties in, say, five years」 time, save the euro from collapsing in the next five months?

  并且，比方说，用五年的时间修改条约又如何能让欧盟在接下来的五个月里免于崩溃呢？

• Survived on the final day last season, largely thanks to facing collapsing Madrid and already-given-up Barcelona in the final two weeks.

  在上赛季最后一天起死回生，多亏在最后两周碰上全面崩溃的皇马和无心恋战的巴萨。

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buckle带扣，搭钩；（尤指鞋的）扣形饰物

crumple起皱；倒坍；一蹶不振

founder失败，破产；（船）沉没；（马，骑手）蹒跚，绊倒；（尤指马等）患蹄叶炎

give给；产生；让步；举办；授予

go忍受；出产；以……打赌

go out出去；熄灭；过时

implode向内破裂；内爆；崩溃

tumble使摔倒；使滚翻；弄乱

yield产量；利润，红利率

相反词

refreshment点心；起提神作用的东西；精力恢复

rejuvenation[地质][水文] 回春，返老还童；复壮，恢复活力

rejuvenescence返老还童；新生

revitalization复兴，复苏