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单词 cave-in
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Definition of cave-in in English:

cave-in

noun
  • 1A collapse of a roof or underground structure.

    a mine cave-in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in.
    • At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in.
    • A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine.
    • Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat.
    • If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose.
    • In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber.
    • Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job.
    • It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself.
    • The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement.
    • Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry.
    • A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions.
    • I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s.
    • My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father.
    • They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure.
    • Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses.
    • The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water.
    • In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines.
    • The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week.
    • Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing.
    • Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred.
    Synonyms
    giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration
    1. 1.1 An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure.
      the government's cave-in to industry pressure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising.
      • The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists.
      • In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government.
      • The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination.
      • Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in.
      • But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business.
      • Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region.
      • If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman.
      • As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant.
      • Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go.
      • If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new?
      • But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in.
      • This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd.
      • He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests.
      • The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully.
      • Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence.
      • I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism.
      • Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children.
      • The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers.
      • The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing.
 
 

Definition of cave-in in US English:

cave-in

nounˈkeɪvˌɪnˈkāvˌin
  • 1A collapse of a roof or similar structure, typically underground.

    a mine cave-in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine.
    • If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose.
    • The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water.
    • The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in.
    • In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines.
    • Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred.
    • They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure.
    • Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses.
    • Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job.
    • The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week.
    • In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber.
    • My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father.
    • I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s.
    • Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry.
    • The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement.
    • A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions.
    • Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing.
    • It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself.
    • At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in.
    • Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat.
    Synonyms
    giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration
    1. 1.1in singular An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure.
      the government's cave-in to industry pressure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence.
      • As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant.
      • The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination.
      • Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising.
      • If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new?
      • The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists.
      • The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers.
      • In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government.
      • Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go.
      • But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business.
      • Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in.
      • Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children.
      • The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing.
      • But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in.
      • If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman.
      • The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully.
      • This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd.
      • I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism.
      • He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests.
      • Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region.
 
 
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