collapsing是什么意思？

collapsing

英[kə'læpsɪŋ] 美[kə'læpsɪŋ]

• 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；

例句

• The Italians guyed the tower of pisa to prevent it from collapsing. 意大利人用牵索固定住比萨斜塔,以防止它倒塌.
• 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。
• 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.
• 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.
• 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。
• They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy. 由于中央政府无力控制逐渐崩溃的经济，所以他们加入了这个新联盟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial. 工程垮掉系环境所迫。

英语六级真题

What stopped the American economy from collapsing in 2007?
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  倒塌;塌下
  If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  例句
  A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed... 海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。 The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble... 屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。
• VERB
  (体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败
  If something, for example a system or institution, collapses, it fails or comes to an end completely and suddenly.
  例句
  His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt... 他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。 This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled... 这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。
• VERB
  (因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒
  If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak.
  例句
  He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home... 在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。 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。
• VERB
  (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下)
  If you collapse onto something, you sit or lie down suddenly because you are very tired.
  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。
• VERB
  萎陷;内陷;瘪掉
  If something with air inside collapses, it falls inwards and becomes smaller or flatter.
  例句
  He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed... 降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。 He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung. 上星期，他因出现肺萎陷而被火速送进医院。

行业词典

• 数学： 坍缩；