1·The walls were strengthened to protect them from collapse.
围墙已加固以防倒塌。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse.
地震是建筑物倒塌的起因。
3·Once again people began to argue whether Notre Dame Cathedral was going to collapse even without the fire.
人们又开始争论巴黎圣母院是否会在没有大火的情况下倒塌。
4·It is all an attitude, and one day the attitude will become a weird cramp, a pain, and then it will collapse.
它完全是一种态度，某天这种态度将变成一种奇怪的痉挛，一种痛苦，然后这种态度会倒塌。
5·The second was the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan Province in 2008, causing the collapse of poorly constructed buildings.
第二次是2008年发生在中国四川省的地震，那次地震导致一些劣质建筑倒塌。
1·Toddlers examine their toes, make faces in the mirror, turn in a circle until they get dizzy and collapse into giggles.
刚学走路的孩子则会仔细观察他们的脚趾，在镜子里做鬼脸，在地上原地打圈，直到头晕而倒下，然后咯咯地笑。
2·He saw one of the men outside the door collapse.
他看到门外的一个人倒下了。
3·An experienced trauma of young love, if not for this trauma and collapse, it may be more strong to stand up in their life.
一个经历了爱情创伤的青年，如果没有因这创伤而倒下，那就可能更坚强地在生活中站起来。
4·Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
当建筑物倒下时，每个只“蹲下和掩护”的人都几乎全被压死了。而那些躲到物体，如桌子，或汽车下躲避的人也总是受到了重伤或死亡。
5·And the Fed and Treasury should tell them to hurry up as they are both much bigger than Bear or Lehman and their collapse would have severe systemic effects.
美联储和财政部也应该告诉他们加快动作。因为这两家都比贝尔斯登和雷曼兄弟的规模大上许多，一旦倒下会造成更加严重的系统损害。
1·But geologists caution that while the threat is real, it is impossible to say when the volcano might collapse.
然而地质学家警告说，尽管这一威胁确有其事，但是根本无法断定火山何时崩塌。
2·Could not this very Socratic way be a sign of collapse, exhaustion, sickness, and the dissolution of the anarchic instinct?
这个非常苏格拉底式的方法不能是无法无天的天性的崩塌、耗尽、疾患和解体的一个信号？
3·Depending on the scale, velocity and nature of the collapse, this could generate a significant and potentially damaging tsunami.
根据崩塌的规模、速度和特性，很可能会引起一场有潜在破坏性的严重海啸。
4·Scientists once imagined galaxies forming by a sort of monolithic collapse, in which a giant cloud of gas suddenly fell inward.
科学家们曾经想象星系是由某种整体的崩塌形成的，在这个过程中，极大量的气体云突然向内收缩。
5·The collapse can create even more pressure, reigniting enough oxygen to create a burst of energy.
崩塌可能带来更多的压力，重新点燃足够多的氧气，重新得到爆炸能量。
1·The system is in imminent danger of collapse.
这个体制面临着崩溃的危险。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.
他们的经济正摇摆于崩溃的边缘。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Do they realize we are racing toward complete economic collapse?
他们是否意识到我们正迅速走向彻底的经济崩溃？
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.
由于医生大批离去，该医疗体系正面临崩溃。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented.
除非实施影响深远的改革，否则经济就有崩溃的危险。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》