cave in

参见：cave-in

英语

其他形式

• cave-in

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动词

cave in (第三人称单数简单现在时 caves in，现在分词 caving in，一般过去时及过去分词 caved in)

1. （使...）塌陷，（使...）塌方

   近义词：cave、break、crush、give way、stave、stave in

   The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.

   屋顶承受不住雪的重量塌下来了。

   He caved-in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.

   他一脚精确地踢到桶的侧面，让它凹了下去。

2. (比喻义) 屈服，认输

   近义词：cave、assent、give in、give up、relinquish、yield、comply、acquiesce

   cave in to someone's threats

   屈服于某人的威胁

   After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.

   他问了我好几次，我拗不过去就吃了一块蛋糕。

   • 2022年12月14日, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, 出自 RAIL, 第 972 期，第 46 页:

     Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.

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名词

cave in (复数 cave ins)

1. cave-in的拼写错误。

异序词

• Ivanec, cevian, incave