collapse

【发音】

美 /kə'læps/ 英 /kə'læps/

【翻译】

1. n&vi. 倒坍， 瓦解； 崩溃， 突然失败

   英释:if a building, wall etc collapses, it falls down suddenly, usually because it is weak or damaged

【记忆】

col(表加强) ＋ lapse(滑倒) → 彻底滑倒 → 崩溃

【短语】

1. collapse mechanism : 破坏机构

2. collapse strength : 抗挤强度；破裂强度

3. collapse load : 损毁荷载，极限载荷；破坏负荷；临界纵向荷载

【例句】

1. Uncle Ted’s chair collapsed under his weight.

   椅子承受不了特德叔叔的重量，塌架了。

2. The roof had collapsed long ago.

   屋顶早就塌了。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...many of the world's largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed in investments in risky loans...

2. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Some drew the wrong lesson from the collapse of the Soviet system in 1991...

3. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Predictions of the collapse of the tropical rain forests have been around for years...

4. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...they had a tendency to collapse under the weight of extra grain - a trait called lodging...

5. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...If the collapse of the rain forests speeds up dramatically...

6. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004 collapse of energy-trading giant Enron...

【同、近义词】

1. vi.倒塌；瓦解；暴跌

   founder/fall in/

2. vt.使倒塌，使崩溃；使萎陷

   crumple up/

3. n.倒塌；失败；衰竭

   failure/loss/losing/defeat/reverse/

【同根词】

1. adj

   collapsible : 可折叠的；可拆卸的

2. n

   collapsibility : 崩散性；易坍塌性