sinking
美 [?s??k??]
英 ['s??k??] 
- v.下沉;沉沒;沉降;下陷;下沉;(日,月等)沉入地平線下;低落;下垂
- n.(廚房的)洗滌糟;水斗;陰溝;滲水坑;洗碗槽
- adj.位于貧窮地區(qū)的;貧民窟的
- 網絡鑿井;自沉性;下沈
英漢雙解
在水╱泥等里in water/mud, etc.
1. | [i] 下沉;下陷;沉沒to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance |
| The ship sank to the bottom of the sea. 船沉入海底。 |
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| The wheels started to sink into the mud. 車輪漸漸陷進泥里。 |
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船只boat
2. | [t] ~ sth 使下沉;使沉沒to damage a boat or ship so that it goes below the surface of the sea, etc. |
| a battleship sunk by a torpedo 被魚雷擊沉的戰(zhàn)列艦 |
倒下;坐下fall/sit down
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 倒下;坐下to move downwards, especially by falling or sitting down |
| I sank into an armchair. 我坐到扶手椅上。 |
| She sank back into her seat, exhausted. 她筋疲力盡,又坐回椅子上。 |
| The old man had sunk to his knees . 老頭跪在了地上。 |
下降move downwards
4. | [i] 下沉;下陷;沉降to move slowly downwards |
| The sun was sinking in the west. 太陽西下。 |
| The foundations of the building are starting to sink. 樓房的地基開始下陷。 |
減弱become weaker
5. | [i] 降低;減少;減弱to decrease in amount, volume, strength, etc. |
| The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar. 英鎊對美元的比價降到了有記錄以來最低水平。 |
| He is clearly sinking fast(= getting weaker quickly and will soon die) . 很明顯,他的身體在急劇衰弱。 |
聲音of voice
6. | [i] 變低;變小to become quieter |
| Her voice sank to a whisper. 她的聲音變成了耳語。 |
在地上挖掘dig in ground
7. | [t] ~ sth 挖,掘(深坑、深洞)to make a deep hole in the ground |
| to sink a well/shaft/mine 掘水井╱豎井╱礦井 |
8. | [t] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) 埋入;打下to place sth in the ground by digging |
| to sink a post into the ground 在地下埋入一根桿子 |
使不成功prevent success
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~ sth/sb 使失敗;使受挫;阻撓to prevent sb or sb's plans from succeeding |
| I think I've just sunk my chances of getting the job. 我想,我剛剛葬送了得到那份工作的機會。 |
| If the car breaks down, we'll be sunk(= have serious problems) . 要是車壞了,咱們可就慘了。 |
球ball
10. | [t] ~ sth (高爾夫球)擊球入洞;(斯諾克)擊球入袋to hit a ball into a hole in golf or snooker |
| He sank a 12-foot putt to win the match. 他以一記 12 英尺的輕擊入洞贏了比賽。 |
酒alcohol
11. | [t]
~ sth 猛喝;灌to drink sth quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol |
1. | (廚房里的)洗滌池,洗碗槽a large open container in a kitchen that has taps/faucets to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in |
| Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink! 別把臟盤子往洗碗槽里一放就不管了! |
| I felt chained to the kitchen sink(= I had to spend all my time doing jobs in the house) . 我覺得就像拴在了灶臺上一樣。 |
1. | [obn] 位于貧窮地區(qū)的;貧民窟的located in a poor area where social conditions are bad |
| the misery of life in sink estates 貧民窟里的悲慘生活 |
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習慣用語
be sunk in sth
陷入不快(或沉思)中to be in a state of unhappiness or deep thought
| She just sat there, sunk in thought. 她只一味地坐在那兒,陷入了沉思。 |
(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship
(比喻只顧自己而離開處于困境中的機構等)(像)逃離沉船(的老鼠)used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left
sink your differences
摒棄分歧;擱置歧見to agree to forget about your disagreements
a/that sinking feeling
不祥的感覺;沮喪之情an unpleasant feeling that you get when you realize that sth bad has happened or is going to happen
sink or swim
不自救,必沉淪;自己努力,以求生存to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely
| The new students were just left to sink or swim. 學校完全讓新生自生自滅。 |
sink so low|sink to sth
墮落到這種地步;沉淪到某種程度to have such low moral standards that you do sth very bad
| Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low? 偷到你的朋友頭上了?你怎么能墮落到這種地步呢? |
| I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths. 我無法相信竟然有人能墮落到這種程度。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder.
中國處在周朝末代僧侶--帝王的統(tǒng)治之下,正陷入一種大混亂的狀態(tài)之中。
Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island was most sinking, Love decided to ask for help.
愛想堅持到最后時刻。當海島即將沉沒時,愛心決定求助。
Speaking at the talks, Mr Wen said avoiding conflict between the Koreas was "most urgent" , but did not apportion blame for the sinking.
溫總理在會談中說,朝鮮半島內部避免沖突是“最為緊要的”,但是他并沒有因為這次沉海事件批評某個國家。
The sinking of the Maine did not matter nearly so much to him as the native Cubans.
緬因號的沉沒對他和古巴人而言都無所謂。
The ship was sinking. Pollack talked to the horse in a low, warm voice. He did not want to leave the animal .
船正在下沉,波來克以低微親切的聲音對馬說著話,他不愿離開這匹牲口。
He slept fully dressed with his head on his hand, his elbow sinking deep into the red down-cushions his host had arranged for him.
他穿著完全同睡在他頭部,另一方面手肘下沉深入紅色扎咕主人已經安排他。
Jesus commanded the people not to leave the ship when it appeared to be sinking.
耶穌命令人們在船要沈的時候不要離開它。
Secretary of State Clinton, in Seoul earlier this week at the end of a trip to Asia, said the world has a duty to act over the sinking.
國務卿克林頓在首爾舉行的亞洲之旅的最后一本星期早些時候說,世界有責任采取行動在下沉。
martin went into the kitchen with a sinking heart , the image of her red face and slatternly form eating its way like acid into his brain.
馬丁心情沉重地走進廚房。她那紅通通的臉膛和道里遍遇的樣子像酸素一樣侵蝕著他的心。
Meaning : He seemed to fall into a sleep like condition. Suddenly he felt as if he were sinking in a violent ocean.
他進入了似睡非睡的朦朧狀態(tài),驟然間感覺自己好象掉進了滔滔洪水當中,不斷在下沉。
Today, we face another serious challenge provoked by the sinking of the South Korean ship, '' she said at the opening ceremony.
“如今,韓國天安號警戒艦的沉沒,促使我們面對另一個嚴峻的挑戰(zhàn),”她在會議開幕式上表示。
This is often blamed on erosion, the tides eating the land, another establishment excuse during the sinking process.
這經常推諉于潮汐對內陸的侵蝕,下沉期間權勢集團的另一個借口。
They said the sinking revealed that years of spending and training had still left the country vulnerable to surprise attacks.
他們還說,沉船事件暴露出常年的軍費投入及訓練仍令國家存在突襲中受創(chuàng)的風險。
If you know when to climb out of the water, you'll not have to worry about sinking or swimming in marriage.
在婚姻中,假如知道什么時候爬出水面,你就不會擔心是否在水里載浮載沉。
Dead, sinking phytoplankton cells are the primary means of removing carbon from the ocean's euphotic zone near the surface.
死去的下沉浮游植物細胞的主要作用是吸收接近海洋表面透光層中的碳。
As I sit here I wonder if you, my teacher, are able to tell when I am sinking in spirit and ready to quit this incredible task.
當我坐在這里,我想知道,我的老師,你有沒有發(fā)現(xiàn),有時候雖然我人在這里,心思卻已經跑到了別的地方。
Navy officials said the sinking might have been caused by the influx of water after the fishing boat collided with the patrol ship.
海軍官員說,沉沒可能是漁船與巡邏艦相撞后,水涌入造成的。
In Kingsley villa nearby lake, sinking a female corpse. Kingsley gardener Bill by the body as his wife.
在金斯利別墅四周的湖中,沉落著一具女尸。金斯利的園丁比爾由尸體衣飾認定是他的妻子。
'I tried to imagine hopeful scenarios, but as time went on there was a sinking feeling, ' she said.
她說,我試著相像樂觀的情形,但隨著時間的過去,心越來越沉。
Musharraf's sinking popularity has spurred speculation that he might declare a state of emergency to smother vocal opposition.
穆沙拉夫聲望的下降促使他想發(fā)表一份緊急聲明來遏制那些反對的聲音。
China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder.
中國處在周朝末代僧侶--帝王的統(tǒng)治之下,正陷入一種大混亂的狀態(tài)之中。
When he was sinking, I reached through the water to his shock pate, and drew him up.
當他下沉之時,我伸手抓住他一頭亂發(fā),從水里把他拉了上來。
I received this last part with some token of surprise and disorder, and had much ado to avoid sinking down.
我聽到最后這段話,感到很驚慌,好容易才鼓起力氣來,免得暈倒。
Perhaps on some quiet night came the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint.
也許就在那萬籟俱寂的夜晚,從遠處傳來了顫抖的鼓聲,高一陣,低一陣,強一陣,弱一陣。
We're sinking their ships all across the Atlantic.
我們在整個大西洋遼闊的海面上擊沉他們的船只。
The percentage of the world's Gross National Product represented by their economy was sinking by 10 percent with every decade.
他們的經濟在世界國民生產總值中所占的比例每十年下降10%。
He paused and watched his wife and daughter snapping photographs at the railing, an orange sun sinking into the city beyond them.
他停下看了一眼他的太太和女兒在船舷上拍照,泛著鵝蛋黃的夕陽在前方的城市背后慢慢降下。
It was I, " said a sailor of a Frank and manly appearance " and it was time, for you were sinking.
“那是我呀,”一個外貌誠實直爽的水手說道,“真是千鈞一發(fā),因為你正在往下沉呢?!?/jz>
Phoebe paused, as if the word for the Italian police force might be sinking in.
菲比停頓了一會,仿佛對這個意為意大利警察組織的字眼置若罔聞。
It was no less clear than the illusion of the evening sun sinking through the sky.
一切就像夕陽沉下天際的幻影那般清楚明白。
My pressure on her hips, sinking my fingertips into every inch of you, 'cause I know that's what you want me to do.
我的壓力在她的臀部,沉入你的每寸我的指尖,因為我知道這就是你要我做什么。
"It was as if they were in a sinking ship, " Williams recalls, "and we were a lifeboat passing by. "
“當時的情景就像一艘即將沉沒的游輪,可我們只有一個救生艇”。威廉姆斯回憶道。
The last man to leave the sinking ship was the captain.
最后一個離開正在下沉輪船的人是船長。
The sinking digital output controls the line by using a transistor to leave the line high (at +V) or to ground the line to 0 V.
Sinking數(shù)字輸出通過三極管來控制連接線上的電平為高電平(+V)或是低電平(0V)。
they were all three soon in the hall, and Harriet immediately sinking into a chair fainted away.
不一會工夫,他們三人就進到門廳里,哈麗特立刻倒在一張椅子上,暈了過去。
Sinking beneath the surface, Hughes shut his eyes and held his breath.
沉在水下,休斯閉上眼睛,屏住呼吸。
and you can be sure that none of our five advisers would have suggested sinking all (or perhaps any) of your money into Periwigs.
可以相信5位經紀人中不會有人建議你把全部(或一部份)資金投入佩里威格斯公司。
Certainly, the sinking of Indonesia and the folding of the plates has not completed, but the S American roll is trying to start.
當然,印尼的下沉和板塊的折疊還沒有結束,但南美的滾動正試圖開始。
Every time I got to the dentist I get a sinking feeling as soon as I enter the waiting room.
每次我去看牙醫(yī)時,一走進候診室我就有一種恐懼感。
They were in the saloon of a sinking ship, looking up at him through the darkening water.
她們困在沉船客艙里,透過發(fā)暗的水體凝望他。
At least after the sinking of the Cheonan he won praise for not rushing into a military conflict.
至少在天安艦沉沒后,由于沒有倉促掀起一場軍事沖突,李明博受到了贊譽。
Here the viewer looks down on an image of a flower bouquet seemingly sinking weightily , deeper and deeper, into a smooth vinyl surface.
從這里望下看,映入觀眾眼中的是正在往下墜的花束,它沉重地下降,愈來愈深,最后掉在平滑的樹脂面上。
He gets out of the boat, but he doesn't have enough faith, he has a little faith, and his doubt causes him to start sinking.
他下了船,可是他沒有足夠的信,他有小信,他的疑惑使他開始下沉。
When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground.
當降水發(fā)生后,一部分蒸發(fā)了,一部分離開它落地的表面了,還有一部分滲入了地面。
Far from sinking into irrelevance, desktop computer browsers have continued to evolve and become even more integral to how we use the Web.
遠自被認為無關緊要,桌面電腦瀏覽器不斷發(fā)展變成我們怎么利用互聯(lián)網的一個整體的一部分。
The Zetas described roiling seas and occasional tsunami during the sinking of the Sunda Plate, and this seems to be what is happening.
齊塔人描述過在巽他板塊下沉期間動蕩的海水和偶爾的海嘯,而這貌似就是正在發(fā)生的。