crumbling is crumble's Present Participle

crumble

US [ˈkrʌmb(ə)l]
UK ['krʌmb(ə)l]
  • v.崩溃；破碎；弄碎；灭亡
  • Web粉碎；破碎的；岩块剥落
Simple Present：crumbles  Present Participle：crumbling  Past Tense：crumbled  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
弄碎,粉碎
2.
破碎;崩溃,溃散;灭亡,消灭

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,崩溃崩溃,破碎破碎,弄碎弄碎,灭亡灭亡,粉碎粉碎,破碎的破碎的,岩块剥落岩块剥落
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Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Investors are trying to find pockets of safety in a world where the financial system appears to be slowly crumbling.
投资者正试图在一个金融体系似乎正缓慢坍塌的世界里，找出一个安全地带。
tóu zī zhě zhèng shì tú zài yī gè jīn róng tǐ xì sì hū zhèng huǎn màn tān tā de shì jiè lǐ , zhǎo chū yī gè ān quán dì dài 。
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2.
On this summer evening in 2008, Peterson was a homebuilder trying to hang on to his business in a crumbling market.
在2008年的这个夏夜，皮特森在几近崩溃的市场里努力撑住建筑设计师的事业。
zài èr líng líng bā nián de zhè ge xià yè , pí tè sēn zài jǐ jìn bēng kuì de shì chǎng lǐ nǔ lì chēng zhù jiàn zhù shè jì shī de shì yè 。
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3.
Even so, Boosaaso is still a crumbling, broke, rough-and-tumble place, decaying after years of neglect like so much of war-ravaged Somalia.
即便如此，布萨阿索依然是一个日益破碎、濒临破产、粗陋衰败的地方，就和饱经战乱的索马里一样被世人年复一年地遗忘。
jí biàn rú cǐ , bù sà ā suǒ yī rán shì yī gè rì yì pò suì 、 bīn lín pò chǎn 、 cū lòu shuāi bài de dì fang , jiù hé bǎo jīng zhàn luàn de suǒ mǎ lǐ yí yàng bèi shì rén nián fù yì nián de yí wàng 。
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4.
The global financial system, which had fueled a great expansion of capitalism and trade across the world, was crumbling.
全球金融系统曾经为资本主义的扩张和全球性贸易发展提供了强大的动力，但是在2008年年底却处于崩溃的边缘。
quán qiú jīn róng xì tǒng céng jīng wèi zī běn zhǔ yì de kuò zhāng hé quán qiú xìng mào yì fā zhǎn tí gōng le qiáng dà de dòng lì , dàn shì zài èr líng líng bā nián nián dǐ què chǔ yú bēng kuì de biān yuán 。
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5.
The unease has been so intense that even the long-standing cross-party consensus on nuclear power seems to be crumbling.
法国人感到强烈不安，甚至于两党在核能问题上的长期共识似乎也开始分崩离析。
fǎ guó rén gǎn dào qiáng liè bù ān , shèn zhì yú liǎng dǎng zài hé néng wèn tí shàng de cháng qī gòng shí sì hū yě kāi shǐ fēn bēng lí xī 。
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6.
Several diplomats said the pan-African body appeared to be siding with the crumbling Gadhafi government.
一些外交界人士说，这个泛非洲组织看来是站在崩溃的卡扎菲这一边。
yì xiē wài jiāo jiè rén shì shuō , zhè ge fàn fēi zhōu zǔ zhī kàn lái shì zhàn zài bēng kuì de kǎ zhā fēi zhè yì biān 。
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7.
There was an avenue of eucalyptus, and behind it a rose garden with crumbling walls around it.
有一条桉树大道，其后是一座被岩块剥落的石墙环绕着的玫瑰园。
yǒu yī tiáo ān shù dà dào , qí hòu shì yī zuò bèi yán kuài bō luò de shí qiáng huán rào zhe de méi guī yuán 。
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8.
Nothing but the sickness and death he felt surrounded by . . . And yet, at the very moment that the world was crumbling, he was alive.
只剩下疾病和死亡正四下里包围着他，宛若触手可及……然而就在世界分崩离析的这一刻，他却拥有着生命。
zhǐ shèng xià jí bìng hé sǐ wáng zhèng sì xià li bāo wéi zhe tā , wǎn ruò chù shǒu kě jí … … rán ér jiù zài shì jiè fēn bēng lí xī de zhè yí kè , tā què yōng yǒu zhe shēng mìng 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
'This is a significant blow for the regime, which looks as if it is crumbling from within, ' said one British official.
一位英国官员说，这对卡扎菲政府是重大的打击，其看起来好像正在从内部分崩离析。
yī wèi yīng guó guān yuán shuō , zhè duì kǎ zhā fēi zhèng fǔ shì zhòng dà de dǎ jī , qí kàn qǐ lái hǎo xiàng zhèng zài cóng nèi bù fēn bēng lí xī 。
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10.
Kita: Thousands of years ago, the streets were lit and our people did not have to scavenge for food at the edge of the crumbling city!
姬塔：几千年以前，这里的街道灯火辉煌，我们的人民不用在这日渐败落的城市里以腐食为生。
jī tǎ : jǐ qiān nián yǐ qián , zhè lǐ de jiē dào dēng huǒ huī huáng , wǒ men de rén mín bú yòng zài zhè rì jiàn bài luò de chéng shì lǐ yǐ fǔ shí wéi shēng 。
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