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基本釋義

v.
下沉; 坐下; 減弱; 挖掘; 使受挫; 擊球入洞; 灌
n.
洗滌池;
adj.
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詞性變化

實用例句

The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.

船沉入海底。

牛津詞典

The sink was full of dirty dishes.

水槽里堆滿了臟碟子。

...the kitchen sink.

廚房洗滌槽

The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.

衛(wèi)生間里裝了兩個抽水馬桶、兩個淋浴器、和兩個洗臉盆。

In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship...

在海戰(zhàn)中目標(biāo)就是擊沉敵船。

The boat was beginning to sink fast...

小船開始快速下沉。

A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.

新鮮雞蛋會沉下去而不新鮮的會浮在上面。

Far off to the west the sun was sinking...

遠(yuǎn)處夕陽西下。

When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.

他們建南邊的塔尖時,地基就開始下沉了。

Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...

凱特笑了,又坐回到她的座位上。

She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...

她坐到一把扶手椅上,蹺起了二郎腿。

Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors...

股票價格就會下跌——大小投資者均會遭受打擊。

Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...

工資增長率已降至 7%左右。

...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...

來自貧困地區(qū)的無業(yè)青少年

He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.

他已經(jīng)將芝加哥的幾所條件不好的學(xué)校徹底變成了為家長和孩子們帶來希望的好學(xué)校。

Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying...

她的聲音變小了,他走近了些想聽清楚她在說什么。

Her voice had sunk to a whisper.

她的聲音越來越小,幾乎成了竊竊私語。

She'd sometimes sink into depression...

她有時會陷入憂郁之中。

That night he sank into a deep coma...

那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。

My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...

我的心情一下子很沮喪,以為他要為了另一個女孩和我分手。

Her spirits sank lower and lower.

她的情緒越來越低落。

He sinks the needle into my arm...

他將針插入我的胳膊。

I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...

我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油軟糖。

...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...

斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口豎井的地方

If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.

如果他們繼續(xù)鉆洞,地表很有可能下沉。

He has already sunk $25million into the project.

他在這項目上已經(jīng)投資了 2,500 萬美元了。

She sank two glasses of white wine.

她一口氣干了兩杯白葡萄酒。

He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes.

他在最后的三洞中完成了兩個非常關(guān)鍵的擊球入洞。

The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly...

政府并不想迫使效率低的公司過快地自生自滅。

It was very much sink or swim.

這很大程度上就是不成功便沉淪。

真題例句

In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year- old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

For instance, you can move a TV to the kitchen and watch your favorite shows while you're standing at the sink.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

A few minutes later, the pressured strokes started to produce a relieving effect and my body and mind began to sink deeper into relaxation.

2018年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year-old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbe

2015年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Frederick's central idea, that stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely, inspired the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Frederick's central idea, that "stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely", inspired the first fully fitted kitchen,designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Researchers also point to the time sink that is involved in preparing data for others to view.

2017年12月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought (干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.

2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Take filling up the kitchen sink as an example.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

The next time you're standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you'll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don't be desperate.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until it's full.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually enjoyed doing it.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 完形填空 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

  • 2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;

    "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

  • 3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

  • 4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

Verb
  • 1. fall or drop to a lower place or level;

    "He sank to his knees"

  • 2. cause to sink;

    "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

  • 3. pass into a specified state or condition;

    "He sank into Nirvana"

  • 4. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

  • 5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

    "He sank into bed"

    "She subsided into the chair"

  • 6. appear to move downward;

    "The sun dipped below the horizon"

    "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

  • 7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

    "The real estate market fell off"

  • 8. fall or sink heavily;

    "He slumped onto the couch"

    "My spirits sank"

  • 9. embed deeply;

    "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"

    "He buried his head in her lap"

同義詞辨析

descend, drop, fall, sink

這些動詞都表示"落下,下降"之意。

  • descend: 通常指沿斜線或斜坡下降。
  • drop: 指物體從一定高度落下。
  • fall與drop同義,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式無關(guān)。
  • sink: 指在空氣或水中垂直下降、下沉。

同義詞

vi.衰弱;消沉

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反義詞

其他釋義

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