• vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌
• vt. 使倒塌，使崩潰；使萎陷
• n. 倒塌；失敗；衰竭

col-, 強調。-lapse, 滑落。

collapse (v.)

1732, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi "fall together," from com- "together" (see com-) + labi "to fall, slip" (see lapse (n.)). The adjective collapsed is attested from c. 1600, from Latin collapsus, and perhaps this suggested a verb. Related: Collapsing.

collapse (n.)

1801, from collapse (v.).

1. A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.

他病倒后沒過幾天就又能在床上坐起來了。

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2. He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.

在公司倒閉后，他手頭缺少現金。

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3. Do they realize we are racing towards complete economic collapse?

他們意識到我們的經濟馬上要徹底崩潰了嗎？

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4. The collapse of the army left a vacuum in the area.

這支軍隊的潰敗使這個地區出現了軍事真空。

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5. The dimensions of the market collapse were certainly not anticipated.

股市崩盤的嚴重程度的確是沒有預料到的。

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