collapse
英 [kə'læps]
美 [kə'læps]
- vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌
- vt. 使倒塌，使崩潰；使萎陷
- n. 倒塌；失敗；衰竭
中文詞源
collapse 倒塌col-, 強調。-lapse, 滑落。
英文詞源
- collapse (v.)
- 1732, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi "fall together," from com- "together" (see com-) + labi "to fall, slip" (see lapse (n.)). The adjective collapsed is attested from c. 1600, from Latin collapsus, and perhaps this suggested a verb. Related: Collapsing.
- collapse (n.)
- 1801, from collapse (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.
- 他病倒後沒過幾天就又能在床上坐起來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
- 在公司倒閉後，他手頭缺少現金。
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- 3. Do they realize we are racing towards complete economic collapse?
- 他們意識到我們的經濟馬上要徹底崩潰了嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The collapse of the army left a vacuum in the area.
- 這支軍隊的潰敗使這個地區出現了軍事真空。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The dimensions of the market collapse were certainly not anticipated.
- 股市崩盤的嚴重程度的確是沒有預料到的。
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