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单词 collapsing
释义
collapsing
present participle ofcollapse
collapse
verb
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/

collapseverb(FALL)

B2[I]
tofalldownsuddenlybecause ofpressureor having nostrengthorsupport:
Thousands ofbuildingscollapsed in theearthquake.
Thechaircollapsedunderherweight.
figurativeHethoughthiswholeworldhad collapsed when hiswifedied.
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to go down onto the ground suddenly
  • fallShe slipped and fell.
  • dropSeveral apples dropped from the tree.
  • collapseSeveral buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
  • crumpleHe fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
  • tumbleA huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
  • plungeFour of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
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B2[I]
If someone collapses, theyfalldown because of beingsickorweak:
He collapsed anddiedof aheartattack.
[IorT]
tofoldsomething into asmallershape, usually so it can bestored, or (especiallyoffurniture) tofoldin this way:
Allchairscollapse foreasystorage.
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  • Itlooksas if thewholepoliticaledificeof thecountryis about to collapse.
  • I shouldthinkyou're aboutreadyto collapse after all thatwalking.
  • The building'sfoundationsarerathershaky, and it could collapse at anytime.
  • At the end of theracehislegsgave out and he collapsed on theground.
  • The womanstaggeredand collapsed in aheap.
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Falling and dropping
  • ass
  • collapse/fall in a heapidiom
  • cropper
  • crumple
  • drop
  • drop like fliesidiom
  • drop off
  • faceplant
  • fall away
  • fly
  • let goidiom
  • mic drop
  • nosedive
  • overbalance
  • parachutist
  • plunge
  • pratfall
  • shower
  • thump
  • wayside
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Making things more or less smooth or straight

collapseverb(FAIL)

C2[I]
(ofpeopleandbusiness) tosuddenlybeunabletocontinueorworkcorrectly:
Lots ofpeoplelosttheirjobswhen thepropertymarketcollapsed.
Talks betweenmanagementandunionshave collapsed.
Sharepricescollapsed(=becamelowersuddenly)afternewsofpoortrading.
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to stop operating permanently
  • close downWith sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another.
  • closeMany of the shops in the High Street have closed recently.
  • shut downThe bookshop is shutting down after 25 years of business.
  • shutUKSeveral of the bank's local branches are shutting.
  • shut up shopUKThe seaside businesses all shut up shop during the winter.
  • go/put out of businessMy favourite ice cream shop went out of business last summer.
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  • Thecompanyisstaggeringunder a $15 milliondebtand willalmostcertainlycollapse by the end of theyear.
  • Things have gonebadlyfor him since hisbusinesscollapsed.
  • Allchargesagainst them werewithdrawnafter the prosecution'scasecollapsed.
  • Thetalkshave collapsed and bothsideshave resorted tobrinkmanship.
  • She'dinvestedextensivelyinstocksand got herfingersburnedwhen themarketcollapsed.
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Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bomb
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rebound
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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(Definition ofcollapsingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcollapsing

collapsing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The reconstruction was orchestrated through thecollapsingof the sites' post-war present and its desired future on to its excavated and reimagined ancient past.
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Why was this most anti-capitalist of bands so quick to succumb to industry demographics and their attendantcollapsingof genre into race?
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This topological idea translates to the algebraic notion of acollapsingscheme, which will be defined shortly.
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They sustained a tension between abstractions and all-tootangible consequences, and they brought together human and nonhuman withoutcollapsingthe distinction.
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A detonation wave has traveled to the right and it is in the process ofcollapsingthe liner, which is shown in the figure.
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And in both countries, corruption cases and avoidable disasters (likecollapsingbuildings) regularly remind the middle classes of the social failings of unaccountable capitalism.
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The quotient flow is obtained bycollapsingeach connected component of the chain-recurrent set to a distinct point.
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These results, in conjunction with the short-term learning results, suggest thatcollapsingacross experiments is warranted and that no problematic differences between experiments exist.
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However, after two years police support began to falter, and by mid-1943 many police forces were atcollapsingpoint.
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Minimal entropy andcollapsingwith curvature bounded from below.
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Typically,collapsingfrom a free arc will generate a long band, and we will tacitly replace it by a single band.
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Whatcollapsingand grouping should be made may well vary according to what is being studied.
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No significant difference in lexical productivity was found between girls and boyscollapsingages (t(22) 1 for types and for tokens).
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To determine the order, we introduce concepts of risks ofcollapsinga stack by picking, and the ease of manipulator operations.
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Theatrical themes emerge again, too: a failing marriage being 'a drama whose theatre was thecollapsinghousehold' (p. 215).
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