The roof collapsed under the weight of snow.

房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

If you work too hard,your health may collapse.

如果你工作太累的话，你可能病倒。

The enterprise collapsed through lack of support.

该企业因无力支持而倒闭。

He collapsed the wheelchair and put it on the boat.

他将轮椅折叠起来放在船上。

A flood caused the collapse of the bridge.

洪水使桥倒塌了。

The stock market was on the brink of collapse.

股市已到崩盘的边缘。

The market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.

市场价格暴跌是由于美元疲弱引起的。

She was taken to hospital after her collapse at work.

她在工作时晕倒后被送进了医院。

the collapse of share prices'/the dollar'/the market

股票价格 / 美元 / 市场价格暴跌

a state of mental'/nervous collapse

精神 / 神经的崩溃状态

The walls were strengthened to protect them from collapse.

围墙已加固以防倒塌。

The peace talks were on the verge of collapse .

和平谈判濒于破裂。

the collapse of law and order in the area

该地区治安的瘫痪

All opposition to the plan has collapsed.

所有反对此计划的力量均已消除。

Share prices collapsed after news of poor trading figures.

在交易数额不佳的消息公布后，股票价格暴跌。

The table collapses for easy storage.

这桌子可折叠起来方便存放。

collapsed buildings

坍塌的建筑物

a collapsed investment bank

破产的投资银行

a collapsed lung

萎陷的肺

Talks between management and unions have collapsed.

资方与工会的谈判已告破裂。

The roof collapsed under the weight of snow.

房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

He collapsed in the street and died two hours later.

他昏倒在大街上，两小时后便去世了。

When I get home I like to collapse on the sofa and listen to music.

回到家时，我喜欢倒在沙发上听音乐。

He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed...

降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。

He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung.

上星期，他因出现肺萎陷而被火速送进医院。

She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.

她精疲力竭地回到家，勉强冲了个澡就倒在了床上。

It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.

在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home...

在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。

This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled...

这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。

His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt...

他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。

A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed...

海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。

The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble...

屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. If you cut the ropes of a tent, it will collapse.
   如果你割断帐篷的绳索,它就会倒塌。
2. It's raining hard; the dike is going to collapse.
   雨下得很大,这堤要垮了。
3. The earthquake caused many buildings to collapse.
   地震使许多建筑物倒塌了。
4. If you work too hard, your health may collapse.
   如果你劳累过度,就会病倒的。
5. He felt as if his whole world had collapsed when his children were killed in a car crash.
   他的几个孩子在车祸中丧生后,他感觉自己的一切都完了。
6. Our plans will collapse unless we get more help.
   除非我们能得到更多的帮助,否则我们的计划将会失败。
7. The enemy's defence line collapsed completely.
   敌人的防线彻底地崩溃了。
8. If the plant's rules and regulations collapsed, production would get into a mess.
   如果厂里的规章制度失效了,生产就要陷入混乱。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The explosion collapsed several buildings.
   那次爆炸震塌了几座房屋。
2. The weight of the snow collapsed the roof.
   积雪压垮了屋顶。
3. He collapsed the tent and put it into his car.
   他把帐篷收起来放进车里。

collapse from (v.+prep.)

由于…而垮掉,晕倒 collapse for sth
collapse from v-ing/sth

The fireman collapsed from inhaling too much smoke.

这个消防队员由于吸入过量的烟而晕倒了。

The poor girl collapsed from tiredness.

可怜的小女孩由于疲劳而晕倒了。

collapse under (v.+prep.)

被…所压塌 be collapsed
collapse sth under sth

The bridge was collapsed under the train.

桥被火车压塌了。

The roof was collapsed under the weight of the snow.

屋顶被积雪压塌了。

～+名词

• collapse%20bridge">collapse bridge压塌桥梁
• collapse%20building">collapse building建筑物倒塌
• collapse%20heart">collapse heart使心理崩溃
• collapse%20house">collapse house压塌房屋
• collapse%20railway">collapse railway使铁轨塌陷
• collapse%20roof">collapse roof压塌屋顶

～+副词

• collapse%20completely">collapse completely完全倒塌
• collapse%20entirely">collapse entirely彻底崩溃
• collapse%20invariably">collapse invariably永远倒塌
• collapse%20utterly">collapse utterly完全倒塌

～+介词

• collapse%20for">collapse for折叠
• collapse%20from">collapse from由于…而倒塌
• collapse%20under">collapse under被…压塌

• The operation might induce an immediate collapse.

  出自：A. J. Cronin

• The marshal..waits in collapse on a chair.

  出自：A. Mars

• The entire collapse of his career.

  出自：P. Ackroyd

• The camp bed..collapsed repeatedly.

  出自：E. Waugh

• The side collapsed and half filled the pit with earth.

  出自：I. F. Elis

v.(动词)

1. collapse的基本意思是指建筑物等因受外力作用而倒塌,用于抽象事物则指“崩溃”。多用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时意思是“使…倒塌〔崩溃〕”,接名词或代词作宾语。
2. collapse常接from，表示“由于…而倒塌〔崩溃〕”。

collapse，fall

这两个动词都含有“倒塌”之意。

collapse通常指房屋等突然倒塌。

fall一般指由于失去平衡等原因而倒塌，也可作引申用。

• ☆ 1732年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的collapsus（collabi的过去分词）：com （一起） + labi （滑倒），意为一起落下。