crumbling

英 [ˈkrʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈkrʌmblɪŋ]

v.  (使)破碎，成碎屑; 坍塌; 损坏; 崩裂; (开始渐渐)衰退，衰弱; 崩溃; 瓦解; 消亡
crumble的现在分词

现在分词：crumbling　

BNC.11595 / COCA.11447

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
  If somethingcrumbles, or if youcrumbleit, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
     燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
  2. Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
     把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
• VERB 坍塌;损坏;崩裂
  If an old building or piece of landis crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
  1. The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...
     20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。
  2. The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
     预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
  3. Crumble awaymeans the same ascrumble.
     crumble away 同 crumble
  4. Britain's coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away.
     英国的海岸线绵延4,000公里，其中大部分正在逐渐沉陷。
• VERB (体系、关系或希望等)崩溃，瓦解，消亡
  If something such as a system, relationship, or hopecrumbles, it comes to an end.
  1. Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...
     在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。
  2. The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
     传统婚姻正迅速消失。
  3. It only takes a minute for the football hopes of an entire country to crumble.
     就在一分钟之内，全国民众的足球梦想就化为了泡影。
  4. Crumble awaymeans the same ascrumble.
     crumble away 同 crumble
  5. Opposition more or less crumbled away.
     反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• VERB 不再抵抗;放弃奋斗;无力应付
  If someonecrumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
  1. Brighton have too many experienced players to crumble just because we are in town...
     布赖顿队有很多经验丰富的队员，他们不会因为我们在城里就丧失斗志。
  2. He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't likely to crumble under pressure.
     他是个经验丰富、冷酷无情的领导，不会被压力击垮。
• N-VAR 酥皮水果甜点
  Acrumbleis a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
  1. ...apple crumble.
     酥皮苹果甜点

双语例句

• There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of one's fellow man.
  再也没有比听到同胞衰败崩溃的声音更令人高兴的了。
• Some 20 years ago, following the crumbling of the Soviet system, this would have seemed outmoded.
  近20年前，苏联体制瓦解之后，这个理论似乎就过时了。
• The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
  预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
• The old world is crumbling.
  旧世界正在崩溃。
• I will be your guardian when all is crumbling, I'll steady your hand.
  当一切消亡时，我会是你的守护者，我会坚定地抓紧你的手。
• I was disappointed and miserable and my whole world was crumbling around me.
  我很失望很痛苦，整个世界都与我作对。
• Humanitarian organizations say Zimbabwe is experiencing a major cholera epidemic because of crumbling infrastructure and services.
  人道主义组织表示，津巴布韦正在经历重大的霍乱感染，主要是因为基础设施和服务的崩溃。
• Across Africa, crumbling infrastructure has held back business expansion and opportunities in international markets.
  非洲各地基础设施破败不堪，妨碍了企业的扩张和国际市场机会的利用。
• The tombstone was lichenous and crumbling. Some great empires have crumbled and fallen.
  墓碑长满了地衣，已在崩落。一些大帝国已崩溃衰落了。
• Health systems are crumbling following decades of failure to invest in basic infrastructures.
  由于几十年来不能对基本的基础设施进行投资，卫生系统正在崩溃。