implode

英 [ɪmˈpləʊd]

美 [ɪmˈploʊd]

v.  向心聚爆; 内爆; 向内坍塌; 突然崩溃

过去式：imploded　过去分词：imploded　第三人称单数：implodes　现在分词：imploding　复数：implodes　

GRE电力

BNC.37122 / COCA.17574

牛津词典

verb

• 向心聚爆；内爆；向内坍塌
  to burst or explode and collapse into the centre
• 突然崩溃
  to fail suddenly and completely

柯林斯词典

• VERB 内爆;向心聚爆;向心压挤
  If somethingimplodes, it collapses into itself in a sudden and violent way.
  1. The engine imploded...
     发动机内爆了。
  2. He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.
     他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。
• VERB 崩溃;瓦解
  If something such as an organization or a systemimplodes, it suddenly ends completely because it cannot deal with the problems it is experiencing.
  1. ...the possibility that the party may implode in opposition.
     该党派于在野期间瓦解的可能性

英英释义

verb

• burst inward
  1. The bottle imploded
  Synonym:go off

双语例句

• After all, it was the first country to implode during the financial crisis and was one of the first ones to see its GDP rebound.
  毕竟，它是第一个在全球金融危机期间崩盘的国家，也是第一个实现GDP反弹的国家之一。
• The decision came just as the firm moved to expand its commitment to real estate investing, even though the US mortgage market was already starting to implode.
  作出上述决定之际，该公司正要扩大房地产投资，尽管当时美国抵押贷款市场正开始内爆。
• He figured out when it's gonna implode.
  他发现了这个何时会瓦解。
• At that level, slightly higher than what utilities and other boring stocks yield, financial groups will have to lure investors with the twin promise that they are both best in class and much less likely to implode every decade or so.
  这个水平仅略高于公用事业及其它乏味股票的回报率，金融机构将不得不用双重承诺来吸引投资者：它们不仅是同行中的佼佼者，而且不太会过个十来年就破产一回。
• But when growth stalls, or even slows, they tend to implode as the network effect goes into reverse.
  可一旦停止增长，甚至只是增长放缓，随着网络效应发生逆转，这些公司就有可能崩溃。
• Most likely, if you get into a relationship with your tutor or lecturer, it will implode at some point, and you'll have to endure the awkwardness and pain.
  最有可能的是，如果你和你的导师或讲师谈恋爱，它会在某个点爆发，你将不得不忍受尴尬和痛苦。
• But the very factors that may make the system more stable – the gargantuan size, the exponential growth, and the mind-boggling array of high-tech instruments – could cause it to implode if, in a panic, everyone tried to sell assets at the same time.
  但问题是，那些使金融体系更加稳定的因素，包括巨大的规模、指数级增长以及令人眼花的一系列高科技设备，也可以导致金融系统崩溃&如果所有人同时打算抛售资产。
• Without it tax receipts implode, investment is turned away, and meeting future debt payments is harder.
  不进行扩张，税收会内爆，投资会转身离开，而未来清偿债务的难度会加大。
• Not only is Japan's economy contracting at least twice as fast as its peers, with data yesterday showing the worst quarterly performance for a third of a century, but Japanese politics also seem about to implode.
  日前公布的数据显示，日本上季度的经济表现是三十多年来最糟糕的。该国不仅经济萎缩幅度至少相当于同等国家的两倍，其政局似乎也将从内部崩塌。
• Greece has been an early casualty as its stocks and government bond markets have been sold off during the past few weeks amid worries that, once emergency support from the European Central Bank is removed, the economy will implode.
  由于市场担心一旦欧洲央行（ECB）撤销紧急支持措施，该国经济将会崩盘，希腊股市及政府债券市场在过去几周遭遇抛售。