cave in 详细解释
cave in
下陷, 屈服, 投降
1. 塌落
When did the ceiling cave in ?
天花板什么时候塌落的?
2. 使塌落
The floods caved in that dike.
洪水冲坍了那座堤坝。
3. 认输
The enemy had to cave in and surrender.
敌人只好屈服投降。
词形变化
形容词: cave-dwelling |
英英释义
名词 cave in:
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
同义词：subsidence
动词 cave in:
break down, literally or metaphorically
同义词：collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder
补充
cave incave in1.塌陷; 坍方The weight of the snow caused the roof of the cabin to cave in.雪的重量使得小屋的屋顶塌陷。They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives.他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了。2.(指商店等)倒闭The last firm he worked for caved in.他所服务的前一个公司倒闭了。3.投降; 屈服The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏团, 直到他让步为止。例句
1. Part of the roof has caved in.屋顶已经部分塌落了。 2. The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace.墙倒塌了, 露出了封起来的维多利亚式壁炉。 3. I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.我精神崩溃了, 一切好像都垮了下来, 压在我身上。 4. I more or less caved in, though I still defended my explanation.尽管我还为自己的解释辩护, 我或多或少屈服了。 5. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.经过一场破坏性的罢工之后, 工会让步了。 6. He's caved in on capital punishment.他在死刑问题上作出了让步。 7. The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure.首相在后座议员的压力下让步了。 8. The roof of the working face caved in suddenly, several miners were trapped.工作面的顶板突然塌落，数名矿工被困在工作面内。 9. It is said that the last firm he worked for caved in recently.据说他上次工作的那家公司最近垮台了。 10. They caved in the roof of the building with explosives.他们用炸药将建筑物的顶部炸掉。 11. It was beyond all expectations that he caved in so easily.没想到他竟会这么容易地就败下阵来。 12. The roof of the tunnel had caved in and we could go no further.隧道顶部已塌陷，我们无法再前进。 13. He finally caved in and agreed to the plan.他终于软化，同意了这个计划。 14. We need to keep the walls from caving in. [=collapsing]我们要防止墙壁坍塌。 15. The roof caved in on them.屋顶坍塌压住了他们。 16. The weight of the snow caved in the roof.积雪把屋顶压塌了。 17. We kept asking her to come and she finally caved in.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。 18. He caved in to the pressure to resign.他迫于压力提出辞职。 19. We kept asking her to come and she finally caved.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。热门单词推荐
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