collapse是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support -- （由于压力、无力或缺乏支持而）倒塌，坍塌；崩溃，垮掉

  • Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake. 数以千计的建筑物在地震中倒塌了。

  • 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. 妻子去世后他觉得自己的整个世界都坍塌了。

  • He collapsed and died of a heart attack. 他心脏病发作，倒地而亡。

  • All chairs collapse for easy storage. 所有的椅子折叠起来以方便存放。

• 1 (of people and business) to suddenly be unable to continue or work correctly -- （人或企业）崩溃，垮掉，失败

  • Lots of people lost their jobs when the property market collapsed. 房地产市场崩溃后，许多人丢了工作。

  • Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 劳资谈判彻底破裂。

  • Share prices collapsed (= became lower suddenly) after news of poor trading. 贸易不景气的消息传出后股价暴跌。

• 2 the sudden failure of a system, organization, business, etc. -- （系统、组织、企业等的）崩溃，瓦解，失败

  • I don't know what caused the collapse of her marriage. 我不知道她婚姻失败的原因是什么。

  • A poor economy has caused the collapse of thousands of small businesses. 经济萧条导致数以千计的小型企业破产。

  • Negotiations between the two countries are on the brink/verge of collapse (= very soon going to fail). 两国的谈判濒临破裂。

  • He suffered a mental/nervous collapse after ten years' teaching. 执教10年后，他的精神／神经崩溃了。

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

  • He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch. 他昏倒在赛场后被送往医院。

  • the collapse of a building during the earthquake 地震中一座大楼的倒塌