1.[i]下沉；下陷；沉没to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance
The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.船沉入海底。
We're sinking!我们正在下沉！
The wheels started to sink into the mud.车轮渐渐陷进泥里。
to sink like a stone立即沉没
2.[t]~ sth使下沉；使沉没to damage a boat or ship so that it goes below the surface of the sea, etc.
a battleship sunk by a torpedo被鱼雷击沉的战列舰
3.[i]+ adv./prep.倒下；坐下to move downwards, especially by falling or sitting down
I sank into an armchair.我坐到扶手椅上。
She sank back into her seat, exhausted.她筋疲力尽，又坐回椅子上。
The old man had sunk to his knees .老头跪在了地上。
4.[i]下沉；下陷；沉降to move slowly downwards
The sun was sinking in the west.太阳西下。
The foundations of the building are starting to sink.楼房的地基开始下陷。
5.[i]降低；减少；减弱to decrease in amount, volume, strength, etc.
The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar.英镑对美元的比价降到了有记录以来最低水平。
He is clearly sinking fast(= getting weaker quickly and will soon die) .很明显，他的身体在急剧衰弱。
6.[i]变低；变小to become quieter
Her voice sank to a whisper.她的声音变成了耳语。
7.[t]~ sth挖，掘（深坑、深洞）to make a deep hole in the ground
to sink a well/shaft/mine掘水井╱竖井╱矿井
8.[t]~ sth (+ adv./prep.)埋入；打下to place sth in the ground by digging
to sink a post into the ground在地下埋入一根杆子
9.[t](informal)~ sth/sb使失败；使受挫；阻挠to prevent sb or sb's plans from succeeding
I think I've just sunk my chances of getting the job.我想，我刚刚葬送了得到那份工作的机会。
If the car breaks down, we'll be sunk(= have serious problems) .要是车坏了，咱们可就惨了。
10.[t]~ sth（高尔夫球）击球入洞；（斯诺克）击球入袋to hit a ball into a hole in golf or snooker
He sank a 12-foot putt to win the match.他以一记 12 英尺的轻击入洞赢了比赛。
11.[t](informal)~ sth猛喝；灌to drink sth quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol
She just sat there, sunk in thought.她只一味地坐在那儿，陷入了沉思。
She just sat there, sunk in thought.她只一味地坐在那儿，陷入了沉思。
The new students were just left to sink or swim.学校完全让新生自生自灭。
The new students were just left to sink or swim.学校完全让新生自生自灭。
Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?偷到你的朋友头上了？你怎么能堕落到这种地步呢？
I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.我无法相信竟然有人能堕落到这种程度。
Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?偷到你的朋友头上了？你怎么能堕落到这种地步呢？
I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.我无法相信竟然有人能堕落到这种程度。
1.（厨房里的）洗涤池，洗碗槽a large open container in a kitchen that has taps/faucets to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in
Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink!别把脏盘子往洗碗槽里一放就不管了！
I felt chained to the kitchen sink(= I had to spend all my time doing jobs in the house) .我觉得就像拴在了灶台上一样。
1.[obn]位于贫穷地区的；贫民窟的located in a poor area where social conditions are bad
the misery of life in sink estates贫民窟里的悲惨生活
a sink school贫困地区的学校
Playing ball in the swamp is like a slow-motion movie coming to a halt every time a player sinks in a hole, she said.
布洛克说，每当有球员陷进坑里时，泥浆足球比赛就好比慢镜头电影。
"Calciopoli shock: Palazzi sinks Inter" said the front-page headline of Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport.
“电话门事件的冲击：帕拉奇搞垮国际米兰”是周二《米兰体育报》的头条标题。
She wrote hundreds and hundreds of letters from her sofa in London inquiring about sinks and sauce pans, locks and laundry rooms.
她坐在伦敦家里的沙发上，写了成百上千封的信件询问洗涤槽和平底锅、门锁和洗衣房的情况。
But he estimates that the "jelly pump" , as he refers to it, sinks almost twice as much carbon as algae do.
但他估计，他所谓的这些“果冻筒”沉下的碳是藻类的两倍。
Arm: She sinks into his arms only to spend the rest of her life with her arms in his sink.
她落入他的双臂；余生她的双臂都在他的洗涤槽里[洗碗]。
On the sixth day, the man throws the glass into the sea. His heart sinks to the bottom of the sea with it.
第六天，男人把玻璃石扔进了大海，让他的心一起沉入大海。
Strength: This represents how much damage the ship can take before it sinks.
力量：这是该船在沉没前所能承受的损伤。
For example, it is hard to determine how much carbon is absorbed by increasing China's forest coverage to create carbon sinks.
比如，难以对中国不断增加的森林覆盖产生的碳汇吸收了多少碳做出判断。
When you lie down on it, the surface of the mattress under you sinks , forcing the water into other parts of the mattress.
当躺在上面，你身体下面的床垫就会下陷，这就会迫使水流到床垫的其他地方。
So when a magical night sinks over the town and a shooting star flies across the sky, Maria wishes for a miracle.
于是，当神奇的夜幕笼罩了城市，一颗流星划过天空，玛利亚祈祷出现奇迹。
1920s: Manufacturers and retail jewelers try to launch the concept of men's engagement rings, which sinks like a lead balloon.
1920年：制造商和零售珠宝商尝试制造男式订婚戒指，但是这个想法却像灌了铅的气球一样很快销声匿迹。
Overloading a small boat can be dangerous, because if the boat sinks too deeply into the water, water may enter the boat over the sides.
超载小船可能非常危险，因为如果船吃水太深，水可能漫过船弦，进入船内。
Making a speech is like watering a lawn. You're satisfied if just a quarter of it sinks in.
演讲就象给草坪浇水，如果有四分之一的水渗下去你就满意了。
I warmed both hands before the fire of life. It sinks, and I ready to depart.
我在生命之火前面烘我的双手，等到火熄时，我就准备离去。
He said the parliament, government and the people all the same -they all in the same ship which, if it sinks, will make everyone sink.
他说，议会，政府与及广大人民都在站在同一条战线上，他们都在同一条船上，如果这条船沉了，大家也会被淹死。
I don't know some years hereafter. whether that thing that sinks in mind would also be very heavy or not.
我不知道若干年以后。那份沉在心里的东西是否还会沉甸甸的。
Check out the toilets, sinks and showers to see that they're maintained.
检查他们提供的卫生间，散热器和淋浴器。
In kingsley villa nearby lake, sinks down in a woman "s body. "
在金斯利别墅左近的湖中，沉落着一具女尸。
REYES turns around to FOLLMER as he sinks into his chair, pulling two videotapes out of his desk drawer.
瑞斯走向弗勒，他坐在椅子上，从抽屉里拿出了两盘录像带。
As the Australian plate sinks, it melts, and some of the magma thus produced erupts violently to the surface.
因为大西洋板块下沉并融化，由此形成的一些岩浆则猛烈的喷出地表。
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