collapse

导读：collapse音标
英 [kəˈlæps] 美 [kəˈlæps]
collapse基本释义
v.（使）倒塌；（使）崩溃；（使）瓦解；折叠n.倒塌；崩溃；暴跌
collapse用法及例句
v.(动词)倒塌，垮掉，塌下，坍塌下来折叠（起来），摺叠

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英 [kəˈlæps]

美 [kəˈlæps]

collapse基本释义

v.（使）倒塌；（使）崩溃；（使）瓦解；折叠

n.倒塌；崩溃；暴跌

collapse用法及例句

v.(动词)

倒塌，垮掉，塌下，坍塌下来

折叠（起来），摺叠（起来）

崩溃，瓦解

暴跌

突然失败，失败

萎陷

累倒，虚脱

使瘪掉，使萎陷

使倒坍，使坍塌，使陷缩

使崩溃，使瓦解

（使）衰弱，（使）衰退，使衰退，使衰萎

消沉，颓丧

压扁，压缩，压塌，压坏

毁坏，毁掉

坐下，躺下放松

降价，贬值，套缩

n.(名词)

倒塌，垮掉，塌陷，坍塌，坍毁

崩溃，崩塌

暴跌

萎陷

突然失败

【医】虚脱

衰竭，衰弱

断裂

溃败，战败

解体

破坏

大厦倾圮

v.(动词)

vi. & vt. (使)倒塌,塌陷 make to fall down or in; come or break to pieces suddenly

vi. & vt. (使)崩溃 (cause to) fail suddenly and completely; break down

noun

1. the act of throwing yourself down

e.g. he landed on the bed with a great flop

Synonym: flop

2. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

e.g. the roof is in danger of collapsethe collapse of the old star under its own gravity

3. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Synonym: crash

4. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

e.g. the commander's prostration demoralized his men

Synonym: prostration

verb

1. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

Synonym: break down

2. lose significance, effectiveness, or value

e.g. The school system is collapsingThe stock market collapsed

3. suffer a nervous breakdown

Synonym: crack upcrackcrock upbreak up

4. break down, literally or metaphorically

e.g. The wall collapsedThe business collapsedThe dam brokeThe roof collapsedThe wall gave inThe roof finally gave under the weight of the ice

Synonym: fall incave ingivegive waybreakfounder

5. cause to burst

e.g. The ice broke the pipe

Synonym: burst

6. fall apart

e.g. the building crumbled after the explosionNegotiations broke down

Synonym: crumblecrumpletumblebreak down

7. fold or close up

e.g. fold up your umbrellacollapse the music stand

1. 倒塌;塌下If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.

e.g. A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed...海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。e.g. The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble...屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。

2. (体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败If something, for example a system or institution, collapses, it fails or comes to an end completely and suddenly.

e.g. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt...他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。e.g. This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled...这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。

3. (因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak.

e.g. He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home...在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。e.g. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

4. (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下)If you collapse onto something, you sit or lie down suddenly because you are very tired.

e.g. She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.她精疲力竭地回到家，勉强冲了个澡就倒在了床上。

5. 萎陷;内陷;瘪掉If something with air inside collapses, it falls inwards and becomes smaller or flatter.

e.g. He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed...降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。e.g. He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung.上星期，他因出现肺萎陷而被火速送进医院。

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

The fireman collapsed from inhaling too much smoke.

这个消防队员由于吸入过量的烟而晕倒了。

The poor girl collapsed from tiredness.

可怜的小女孩由于疲劳而晕倒了。

用作动词(v.)

If you cut the ropes of a tent, it will collapse.如果你割断帐篷的绳索,它就会倒塌。

It's raining hard; the dike is going to collapse.雨下得很大,这堤要垮了。

The earthquake caused many buildings to collapse.地震使许多建筑物倒塌了。

If you work too hard, your health may collapse.如果你劳累过度,就会病倒的。

He felt as if his whole world had collapsed when his children were killed in a car crash.他的几个孩子在车祸中丧生后,他感觉自己的一切都完了。

Our plans will collapse unless we get more help.除非我们能得到更多的帮助,否则我们的计划将会失败。

The enemy's defence line collapsed completely.敌人的防线彻底地崩溃了。

If the plant's rules and regulations collapsed, production would get into a mess.如果厂里的规章制度失效了,生产就要陷入混乱。

用作动词 (v.)

collapse bridge压塌桥梁

collapse building建筑物倒塌

collapse heart使心理崩溃

collapse house压塌房屋

collapse railway使铁轨塌陷

collapse roof压塌屋顶

collapse completely完全倒塌

collapse entirely彻底崩溃

collapse invariably永远倒塌

collapse utterly完全倒塌

collapse for折叠

collapse from由于…而倒塌

collapse under被…压塌

The operation might induce an immediate collapse.

The marshal..waits in collapse on a chair.

The entire collapse of his career.

The camp bed..collapsed repeatedly.

The side collapsed and half filled the pit with earth.

词语用法

词源解说

v.(动词)

collapse的基本意思是指建筑物等因受外力作用而倒塌,用于抽象事物则指“崩溃”。多用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时意思是“使…倒塌〔崩溃〕”,接名词或代词作宾语。

collapse常接from，表示“由于…而倒塌〔崩溃〕”。

☆ 1732年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的collapsus（collabi的过去分词）：com （一起） + labi （滑倒），意为一起落下。

考研真题例句

OG 1.collapse

Legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

立法者对美国邮*系统的*治尴尬的短期崩溃感到害怕。

2018英语一

OG 2.collapse

Integrity had collapsed, because of a collective acceptance that the only "sorting mechanism" in society should be profit and the market.

诚信已经崩溃，因为人们普遍认为，社会上唯一的“分类机制”应该是利润和市场。

2015英语一

OG 3.collapse

The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically, when Copán collapsed.

由此产生的定居地图显示了城市周围农村人口的分布和密度是如何发生巨大变化的，当时Copán崩溃了。

2014英语一

OG 1.collapse

A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007, raised serious questions.

一连串的事故，包括2007年一座冷却塔的部分倒塌，引发了严重的问题。

2012英语一

近义词

临近词

topple使倒塌

illness病

crack up撞毁(赞扬

exhaustion疲惫

cave in下陷

put away收拾

crumble崩溃

crash撞击

crumple（使)起皱

fold up失败

flop啪嗒啪嗒地动...

break up结束，散会

deflate放气

break down分解；发生故障；失败；毁...

languish衰弱无力

breakdown崩溃

crack破裂

crock up衰竭

downfall垮台

ruin毁灭

attack攻击

down向下

break打碎

fall down跌倒

crack-up(飞机等)撞碎...

crisis危机

founder创立者

loss遗失

tumble暴跌

failure失败

prostration平伏

give给

fall in塌陷

fall落下

fail失败

disassemble解开

burst爆发

fold包

give way撤退

collapse rale

collapse type

collar

collapses

collapse zone

collapse bore

collapse box

collagen

collapsed

collapser

collapse lake

collapse loss