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cave in

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  • 下陷; 屈服; 投降

详细释义

Noun:
  1. the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

Verb:
  1. break down, literally or metaphorically;

    "The wall collapsed"
    "The business collapsed"
    "The dam broke"
    "The roof collapsed"
    "The wall gave in"
    "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

双语例句

1. The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public inquiry.
总统未必会屈服而同意进行公开调查。

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2. It's the deepest limestone cave in the U.S.
它是美国最深的石灰岩洞穴。

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3. On Christmas Eve in 1994, humans entered a cave in the mountains of southeastern France for what was probably the first time in 20,000 years.
1994年圣诞前夜,人类进入了法国东南部山区的一个洞穴,这可能是2万年来的第一次。

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4. On no account can we cave in to terrorism.
我们绝不能向恐怖主义低头。

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5. What is rather amazing, you might think, is how similar some images are, whether you're looking at a rock face in South Africa or standing inside a cave in Spain.
可能更令人惊讶的是,某些图像的相似度非常高,不管是看南非的石像面具,还是身处西班牙的岩石洞穴里。

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6. The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了。

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7. My strong plea: don't cave in.
我强烈呼吁不要屈服。

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8. And then cave in and go buy another pack.
然后投降去买另一包烟。

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9. Fortunately they hid themselves in a cave in time.
幸运的是他们及时躲进了一个山洞。

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10. They were found in a cave in Missouri in the United States.
此前最古老的鞋是在密苏里州发现的用植物制作的凉鞋,它们制作的时间比这只皮鞋要晚几百年。

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11. Here is a picture of a German Shepherd dog outside a cave in the mountains.
一条德国牧羊犬站在一个山洞外。

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12. Therese Madden, third from left, in Viogelmir, a lava tube cave in Iceland.
特蕾泽梅登,左起第三个,在Viogelmir,冰岛的一个熔岩洞。

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13. It is the largest ice cave in the world, extending more than 42 km of tunnels and Chambers.
这是世界上最大的冰洞,其有42公里长的隧道和洞庭。

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14. Then I’ll go for as long as I can (often half a day!) and then cave in and go buy another pack.
于是就这样度过我能熬的最长时间(通常是半天!)然后投降去买另一包烟。

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15. She scrabbles at them but, as she scrapes, the sides cave in on top of her hands. The hole remains shallow.
她试着将它们刮到一起,但当她刮的时候,两侧的石子就会塌落在她的手上,洞还是很浅。

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16. It is easy to see why Oracle has refused to cave in, despite the fact that Sun is continuing to lose business.
这就很容易明白为什么尽管Sun公司仍在流失客户,甲骨文拒绝屈服的原因了。

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17. The longest known system in the world is Mammoth Cave in Kentucky with at least 580 kilometers of passageways.
世界上最长的已知洞穴系统是在Kentucky的Mammoth洞穴,有着至少580千米的通道。

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18. With a few strikes on her keyboard, Frick was able to call up daily radar data that covered a bat cave in Texas.
随着弗里克在键盘上敲击着字母,它能够调出一个德克·萨斯蝙蝠洞的日常雷达数据。

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19. Scientists have discovered the bones of what is thought to be the oldest human species in a cave in South Africa.
科学家在南非的一处岩洞里发现了最早人类的骨骼。

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20. The foreigners' optimistic scenario-that Hamas will cave in and give up control of gaza-is far from guaranteed.
哈马斯将会瓦解并放弃对加沙的控制,这只是外国人难以实现的乐观估计。

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21. The reason is the discovery, in 2004, of some peculiar seashells of that age in Blombos, a seaside cave in South Africa.
原因就是在2004年,在南非海边的一个洞穴,布隆伯斯洞中发现了一些罕见的海贝。

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22. News reports this week declared that its flanks could cave in, triggering a tsunami that would swamp southern Italy.
本周新闻报道称,火山两翼可能会塌陷,引起的海啸也许会吞没意大利南部。

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23. They were found in Gough's Cave in Somerset, England, and are the oldest directly dated skull-cups known, based on radiocarbon analysis.
这些杯子是在英格兰萨默塞特郡的高夫洞穴发现的,根据发射性碳素检测室迄今为止所知的最早的头骨杯子。

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24. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has come under fire domestically for appearing to cave in to Chinese demands to release the captain.
日本首相菅直人由于趋于中方压力释放中方船长的举动在日本国内一直受到巨大压力。

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25. The bones were found during excavations of the Liang Bua cave in the west of the island of Flores at a depth of around 15 feet (4.7 meters).
巨鹳的骨骼化石是在发掘弗洛勒斯岛上西面的Liang Bua洞穴时发现的,当时挖掘的深度是15英尺(4.7米)。

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26. When something really matters, and they really think the organization is headed in the wrong direction, they either cave in or they flee.
当事情真正有麻烦,并且他们真正意识到组织走向了错误方向时,他们要么屈服要么走人。

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27. This curious sequence was extracted from a piece of finger bone unearthed in 2008 at Denisova Cave in southern Siberia’s Altai Mountains.
这个神秘的序列提取自一段手指骨,该骨是2008年在西伯利亚艾泰尔山南部的Denisova 山洞出土的。

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28. The Vindija cave in Croatia, where the Neanderthal bones — remains of three women who lived between 38, 000 and 45, 000 years ago — were found.
克罗地亚的Vindija洞穴,在这里科学家找到了三个生活在38 000到45 000年前的尼安德特妇女的遗骨。

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29. The mysterious killer has been dubbed White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in America, where it was first discovered in a cave in New York State four years ago.
这个神秘的杀手在美国被称做白鼻子综合症,四年前首先在纽约州的一个山洞中被发现。

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30. The mysterious killer has been dubbed White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in America, where it was first discovered in a cave in New York State four years ago.
这个神秘的杀手在美国被称做白鼻子综合症,四年前首先在纽约州的一个山洞中被发现。

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    1. The side of the building has caved in.
      这栋建筑物的一侧已下陷了。
    2. There were several broken windows, and part of the foundation had caved in, exposing the basement to the weather.
      有几扇窗户破了,部分地基下陷,将地下室都露了出来。
    3. The enemy had to cave in and surrender.
      敌人只好屈服投降。
    4. The enemy had to cave in and surrender.
      敌人只好屈服投降。
    5. Victor raises his hands in surrender, and Jack pauses.
      维克多举手表示投降,杰克踌躇了一下。

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