implode

英 [ɪmˈpləʊd]

美 [ɪmˈploʊd]

v.  向心聚爆; 内爆; 向内坍塌; 突然崩溃

过去式：imploded　过去分词：imploded　第三人称单数：implodes　现在分词：imploding　复数：implodes　

GRE电力

BNC.37122 / COCA.17574

牛津词典

verb

• 向心聚爆；内爆；向内坍塌
  to burst or explode and collapse into the centre
• 突然崩溃
  to fail suddenly and completely

柯林斯词典

• VERB 内爆;向心聚爆;向心压挤
  If somethingimplodes, it collapses into itself in a sudden and violent way.
  1. The engine imploded...
     发动机内爆了。
  2. He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.
     他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。
• VERB 崩溃;瓦解
  If something such as an organization or a systemimplodes, it suddenly ends completely because it cannot deal with the problems it is experiencing.
  1. ...the possibility that the party may implode in opposition.
     该党派于在野期间瓦解的可能性

英英释义

verb

• burst inward
  1. The bottle imploded
  Synonym:go off

双语例句

• The engine imploded
  发动机内爆了。
• The last speculative gold bubble, in 1980, took four years to implode, while this latest reincarnation is seven years in the making.
  上次发生在1980年的黄金投机泡沫，花了四年时间破裂，而此次泡沫的形成就耗时七年。
• And we know, and especially Carolyn, that when the sun will implode, the earth will burn, explode, I don't know what, and this is scheduled for four, four billion years?
  而我们知道，尤其是Carolyn，当太阳内爆，地球会焚烧、爆炸，我也不知道，而这将发生在四十亿年后？
• But when growth stalls, or even slows, they tend to implode as the network effect goes into reverse.
  可一旦停止增长，甚至只是增长放缓，随着网络效应发生逆转，这些公司就有可能崩溃。
• Bubbles eventually burst and economic forecasts implode when bubbles explode.
  泡沫最终会破裂；而当泡沫破裂时，经济预测也会不攻自破。
• Without it tax receipts implode, investment is turned away, and meeting future debt payments is harder.
  不进行扩张，税收会内爆，投资会转身离开，而未来清偿债务的难度会加大。
• The decision came just as the firm moved to expand its commitment to real estate investing, even though the US mortgage market was already starting to implode.
  作出上述决定之际，该公司正要扩大房地产投资，尽管当时美国抵押贷款市场正开始内爆。
• Greece has been an early casualty as its stocks and government bond markets have been sold off during the past few weeks amid worries that, once emergency support from the European Central Bank is removed, the economy will implode.
  由于市场担心一旦欧洲央行（ECB）撤销紧急支持措施，该国经济将会崩盘，希腊股市及政府债券市场在过去几周遭遇抛售。
• Greek politics could implode.
  希腊政治可能从内部土崩瓦解。
• But the very factors that may make the system more stable – the gargantuan size, the exponential growth, and the mind-boggling array of high-tech instruments – could cause it to implode if, in a panic, everyone tried to sell assets at the same time.
  但问题是，那些使金融体系更加稳定的因素，包括巨大的规模、指数级增长以及令人眼花的一系列高科技设备，也可以导致金融系统崩溃&如果所有人同时打算抛售资产。