collapsing

基本解释

And how would changing the treaties in, say, five years’ time, save the euro from collapsing in the next five months?
并且，比方说，用五年的时间修改条约又如何能让欧盟在接下来的五个月里免于崩溃呢？
Why not replace the shacks that blight the lives of so many poor people, thrown together out of cardboard and mud, and prone to collapsing or catching fire, with more durable structures?
为什么不将让那么多穷人生活破灭的窝棚换掉，一起从容易坍塌和着火的纸板和泥泞中搬出来，取而代之以更加经久耐用的建筑？
That prevents the eyeball collapsing.
这防止了眼球塌陷。

She struggles to keep her business alive and save the country while society is collapsing around her.
And so...what you're noticing is a fair mount of mergers and acquisitions, meaning less efficeint businesses are collapsing into biger businesses.
所以你会看到,企业间大量的,兼并，这意味着,工作效率低下的企业,会垮台，被更大的企业吞并。
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What's happening right now in the United States - is that the economy is collapsing- maybe that's overstating it.
现如今在美国发生的是,经济正在崩溃-,也许这是夸大这件事。
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There will be further collapsing across Mac and iOS over the next several years.
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If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
Collapse is also a noun.
If something, for example a system or institution, collapses, it fails or comes to an end completely and suddenly.
Collapse is also a noun.
If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak.
Collapse is also a noun.
If you collapse onto something, you sit or lie down suddenly because you are very tired.