| 单词 | cave in |
| 释义 | → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscave in• Strike leaders are privately saying they would like an end to the dispute, but don't want to be seen to be caving in.• Wooden beams support the roof, preventing it from caving in on the miners.• The roof has caved in, so the whole building has been declared unsafe.• It's unlikely that the government will cave in to the rebels' demands.cave on• After a few hours, the cage starts to cave in on the divers.cave to• We were afraid that Fifi was caving in to family pressure and regressing into some nice third-world girl.• They accused the government, which is led by Hindu nationalists, of caving in to foreign pressure.ˈcave-in noun [countable] 1. when the roof of something such as a mine falls in 〔矿井等顶部的〕塌陷，坍塌，倒塌2. when someone stops opposing something 让步，屈服Examples from the Corpuscave-in• One day there was a cave-in.• There was no mention of flooding and cave-ins and being trapped underground.• The Hunt report was thus seen on the Shankill as a craven cave-in to Fenian rioters.• Seems there was some others saw him after I did, monkeying about by that cave-in again.• I rather think he must just have picked it up when Mr Hambro chased him away from the cave-in.ˈcave-in nounChineseSyllable when of a Corpus such something as the roof |
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