v. 倒塌，塌下；崩溃，瓦解；突然倒下，昏倒；瘫倒；突然贬值，暴跌；萎陷，瘪掉；折叠
n. 倒塌，塌陷；突然失败，崩溃；病倒，垮掉；突然贬值，暴跌
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复数
collapses
第三人称单数
collapses
现在分词
collapsing
过去式
collapsed
过去分词
col
collapse mechanism破坏机构
collapse strength抗挤强度；破裂强度
1.Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.
现在，第三个也是更重要的动机出现了：为了防止我们文明的崩溃，这些目标可能是必须要实现的。
2.The peace talks were on the verge of collapse.
和平谈判濒于破裂。
3.During a 1995 roof collapse, a fire fighter named Donald Herbert was left brain damaged.
在1995年的一次屋顶坍塌事故中，消防员唐纳德·赫伯特的左脑受损。
4.Unfortunately, because this approach fails to deal with the underlying causes of inflation, wage and price controls eventually collapse, the hitherto-repressed inflation resurfaces.
不幸的是，由于这种方法未能解决通胀的根本原因，工资和价格控制最终崩溃，迄今为止受到压制的通胀再次出现。
5.The system is in imminent danger of collapse.
这个体制面临着崩溃的危险。
6.The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是建筑物倒塌的起因。
7.Do they realize we are racing toward complete economic collapse?
他们是否意识到我们正迅速走向彻底的经济崩溃？
8.An expectable aberration in the climatic regime may have been enough to cause the collapse of the village.
气候系统中一个可预期的异常可能足以导致这个村庄的崩溃。