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单词 meltdown
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meltdown
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmelt.daʊn/us
/ˈmelt.daʊn/

meltdownnoun[C or U](NUCLEAR)

anextremelydangeroussituationin anuclearpowerstationin which thenuclearfuelbecomesveryhotandmeltsthroughitscontainerandescapesinto theenvironment
（核电站核燃料的）熔毁
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Accidents and disasters
  • accident
  • accidental
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • an accident waiting to happenidiom
  • calamity
  • cataclysm
  • cataclysmic
  • cataclysmically
  • catastrophe
  • disaster area
  • disastrous
  • disastrously
  • dumpster fire
  • emergency
  • mishap
  • natural disaster
  • non-emergency
  • perfect storm
  • post-accident
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Physics: energy, force & power

meltdownnoun[C or U](FAILURE)

acompletefailure,especiallyinfinancialmatters:
（尤指金融方面的）灾难
financial/economic/marketmeltdown金融／经济／市场崩溃
The last fewmonthshaveseentheprogressivemeltdownofthe country'spoliticalsystem.过去几个月里，该国的政治体系一步步走向瓦解。
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the fact of not being successful
  • failureFailure is not an option.
  • breakdownThe complete breakdown of local infrastructure left residents without water or electricity.
  • meltdownThe markets experienced a meltdown at the news of the sale.
  • collapseThe car manufacturer's collapse left the region's economy in tatters.
  • failHe tried to sing the anthem, but it was an epic fail.
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informal
anoccasionwhen apersonbecomesextremelyupsetand is notabletodealwith aproblemorsituation
崩溃（指一个人极度悲伤而不能应对生活）
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Failures
  • another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
  • bloodbath
  • brain freeze
  • breakdown
  • busted flush
  • car crash
  • flop
  • foul(something)up
  • freefall
  • game overidiom
  • hash
  • lemon
  • lost cause
  • mess
  • nail
  • reversal
  • slim pickings
  • slush pile
  • track record
  • train wreck
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Coping and not coping
(Definition ofmeltdownfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

meltdown| American Dictionary

meltdown
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈmeltˌdɑʊn/
adangerousaccidentin which thefuelmeltsin anuclearreactor(=devicethatproducesenergy)
(Definition ofmeltdownfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

meltdown| Business English

meltdown
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmeltdaʊn/us
ECONOMICS,FINANCE
asituationin which anindustry,economy, etc. isbadlyaffectedby a lot ofproblemswithin ashortperiodoftime:
Analysts werewatchingforsignsof a meltdownfollowingproblemsat three ofWallStreet'smajorinvestmentbanks.
Adeadlynewcomputerviruscausedmuch of theinternettogo into meltdownlastweekend.
a meltdown in sthA meltdown in themortgageindustryhas made it moredifficultto get aloanor to refinance.
a meltdown of sthThe twoofficialsareexpectedtohelpdevelopaplantopreventa meltdown of the county'sfinances.
be in meltdownSince thecreditcrisis, thewholebankingindustryhas been in meltdown.
financial/economic/politicalmeltdown
astockmarket/subprime/creditmeltdown
aglobal/industry/corporatemeltdown
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Wanis has often spoken out publicly on television, radio and in print about celebrity narcissism and meltdowns.
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They play against the meltdowns both at home and in exhibition bouts.
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Three of the reactors quickly overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to explosions, which hurled large amounts of radioactive material into the air.
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The final report warned of plane crashes and reactor meltdowns.
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Compensating for themeltdown: the critical effective size of a population with deleterious and compensatory mutations.
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However, lack of regulation and out-of-date legal framework led to crisis in the market leading to certain meltdowns.
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However, the economic costs of nuclear power accidents is high, and meltdowns can take decades to clean up.
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At the time, there was an excess of foreclosed houses on the market, following the financial meltdowns of 2008.
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Compensating for our load of mutations : freezing themeltdownof small populations.
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Arcticmeltdown: the economic and security implications of global warming.
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Many critics claim that these books were unrealistic in their assessments of whether the attacks described (such as nuclear meltdowns and chemical plant explosions) were possible.
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A series of accidents with research reactors, including partial core meltdowns, made private companies cautious, and reluctant to become involved with nuclear energy without protection from liability.
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The mutationalmeltdownin asexual populations.
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The mutationmeltdownin small asexual population.
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Ecologicalmeltdownin predator-free forest fragments.
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