collapse 英 [kəˈlæps]   美 [kəˈlæps]

collapse

collapse  英 [kəˈlæps] 美 [kəˈlæps]

vi. 倒塌;瓦解;暴跌  vt. 使倒塌,使崩溃;使萎陷;折叠  n. 倒塌;失败;衰竭 

进行时:collapsing  过去式:collapsed  过去分词:collapsed  第三人称单数:collapses  名词复数:collapses 

The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse. 地震是房屋倒塌的起因。
It is all an attitude, and one day the attitude will become a weird cramp, a pain, and then it will collapse. 它完全是一种人生观,某天这种观念将不可思议地成为一种束缚,一种痛苦,然后这种观点会倒塌。

  • To collapse means to fall over, cave in, or totally crumple. After finding out that the stock market has collapsed and your investments along with it, you'd probably collapse to the ground and sob uncontrollably.
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  • vi. 倒塌;瓦解;暴跌
  • vt. 使倒塌,使崩溃;使萎陷;折叠
  • n. 倒塌;失败;衰竭
  • 1. The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.

    地震是房屋倒塌的起因。

  • 2. It is all an attitude, and one day the attitude will become a weird cramp, a pain, and then it will collapse.

    它完全是一种人生观,某天这种观念将不可思议地成为一种束缚,一种痛苦,然后这种观点会倒塌。

  • 3. The government predicates that the market collapse was caused by Asian financial crisis.

    政府宣布市场不景气是由于亚洲金融危机而引起的。

  • collapse (n.) 1792, "a falling in or together" (originally of the lungs), from collapse (v.). From 1801, in a mental sense; meaning "physical prostration" is from 1808; in reference to institutions, etc., "sudden or complete failure," by 1856.
  • collapse (v.) 1732, "fall together, fall into an irregular mass through loss of support or rigidity," from Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi "fall together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see com-) + labi "to fall, slip" (see lapse (n.)).
col·lapse AWL / kəˈlæps ; NAmE kəˈlæps / verb , noun collapse collapses collapsed collapsing verb of building 建筑物 1 [intransitive ] to fall down or fall in suddenly, often after breaking apart (突然)倒塌,坍塌 SYN give way The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。 of sick person 病人 2 [intransitive ] to fall down (and usually become unconscious), especially because you are very ill/sick (尤指因病重而)倒下,昏倒,晕倒 He collapsed in the street and died two hours later. 他昏倒在大街上,两小时后便去世了。 relax 放松 3 [intransitive ] ( informal) to sit or lie down and relax, especially after working hard (尤指工作劳累后)坐下,躺下放松 When I get home I like to collapse on the sofa and listen to music. 回到家时,我喜欢倒在沙发上听音乐。 fail 失败 4 [intransitive ] to fail suddenly or completely 突然失败;崩溃;瓦解 SYN break down Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 资方与工会的谈判已告破裂。 All opposition to the plan has collapsed. 所有反对此计划的力量均已消除。 of prices/currencies 价格;货币 5 [intransitive ] to decrease suddenly in amount or value (突然)降价,贬值;暴跌 Share prices collapsed after news of poor trading figures. 在交易数额不佳的消息公布后,股票价格暴跌。 fold 折叠 6 [intransitive ,  transitive ] collapse(sth) to fold sth into a shape that uses less space; to be able to be folded in this way 折叠;套缩;可折叠(或套缩) SYN fold up The table collapses for easy storage. 这桌子可折叠起来方便存放。 medical 医学 7 [intransitive ,  transitive ] collapse(sth) if a lung or blood vessel collapsesor is collapsed,it falls in and becomes flat and empty (肺或血管)萎陷 col·lapsed AWL / ; NAmE / adjective collapsed buildings 坍塌的建筑物 a collapsed investment bank 破产的投资银行 a collapsed lung 萎陷的肺 noun failure 失败 1 [countable ,  usually singular ,  uncountable ] a sudden failure of sth, such as an institution, a business or a course of action (机构、生意、行动等的)突然失败,倒闭,崩溃 the collapse of law and order in the area 该地区治安的瘫痪 The peace talks were on the verge of collapse. 和平谈判濒于破裂。 of building 建筑物 2 [uncountable ] the action of a building suddenly falling (突然的)倒塌,塌陷,垮掉 The walls were strengthened to protect them from collapse. 围墙已加固以防倒塌。 illness 疾病 3 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] a medical condition when a person suddenly becomes very ill/sick, or when sb falls because they are ill/sick or weak 病倒;(因病或体弱的)昏倒,晕倒 a state of mental/nervous collapse 精神╱神经的崩溃状态 She was taken to hospital after her collapse at work. 她在工作时晕倒后被送进了医院。 of prices/currencies 价格;货币 4 [countable ,  usually singular ] a sudden fall in value 突然降价;突然贬值;暴跌 the collapse of share prices/the dollar/the market 股票价格╱美元╱市场价格暴跌 col·lapse / kəˈlæps ; NAmE kəˈlæps / col·lapsed / ; NAmE /
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