collapse是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support -- （由於壓力、無力或缺乏支持而）倒塌，坍塌；崩潰，垮掉

  • Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake. 數以千計的建築物在地震中倒塌了。

  • The chair collapsed under her weight. 椅子承受不了她的重量散架了。

  • figurative He thought his whole world had collapsed when his wife died. 妻子去世後他覺得自己的整個世界都坍塌了。

  • He collapsed and died of a heart attack. 他心臟病發作，倒地而亡。

  • All chairs collapse for easy storage. 所有的椅子摺疊起來以便存放。

• 1 (of people and business) to suddenly be unable to continue or work correctly -- （人或企業）崩潰，垮掉，失敗

  • Lots of people lost their jobs when the property market collapsed. 房地產市場崩潰後，許多人丟了工作。

  • Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 勞資談判徹底破裂。

  • Share prices collapsed (= became lower suddenly) after news of poor trading. 貿易不景氣的消息傳出後股價暴跌。

• 2 the sudden failure of a system, organization, business, etc. -- （系統、組織、企業等的）崩潰，瓦解，失敗

  • I don't know what caused the collapse of her marriage. 我不知道她婚姻失敗的原因是甚麼。

  • A poor economy has caused the collapse of thousands of small businesses. 經濟蕭條導致數以千計的小型企業破產。

  • Negotiations between the two countries are on the brink/verge of collapse (= very soon going to fail). 兩國的談判瀕臨破裂。

  • He suffered a mental/nervous collapse after ten years' teaching. 執教十年後，他的精神／神經崩潰了。

• 3 the sudden falling movement of a person or structure that has become too weak to stand -- 昏倒，昏迷；（建築物的）倒塌，坍塌

  • He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch. 他昏倒在球場後被送往醫院。

  • the collapse of a building during the earthquake 地震中一座大樓的倒塌