| 单词 | sinking |
| 释义 | sinking (sɪŋkɪŋ ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you have a sinking feeling, you suddenly become depressed or lose hope. I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her. 2. See also sink Idioms: abandon a sinking ship to leave an organization or cause which is about to fail completely When the party leader resigned, opposition MPs accused him of abandoning a sinking ship. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: survived a sinking Although he survived the sinking, he did not survive the year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only 78 servicemen survived the sinking. Times, Sunday Times None of the band members survived the sinking, and the story of them playing to the end became a popular legend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only about thirty sailors survived the sinking, helped by locals and the rescue ships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The survivors not only survived the sinking, but survived strafing from the plane that sunk them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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