caved

英 [keɪvd]

美 [keɪvd]

v.  （使）塌陷; 倒塌; 屈服; 洞穴潜水
cave的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 山洞;洞穴
  Acaveis a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
  1. ...a cave more than 1,000 feet deep.
     1,000多英尺深的山洞

双语例句

• Why do you want to appoint this man as manager? the last firm he worked for caved in.
  你为什么要任命此人为经理？他所服务的前一个商行倒闭了。
• He's caved in on capital punishment.
  在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
• After the long rain the road caved in.
  在长久的下雨后，道路塌陷了。
• The river floods caved in the bank.
  河水泛滥，冲塌了堤岸。
• The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure
  首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
• The ceiling caved in on him.
  天花板塌落了，砸在他身上。
• The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace
  墙坍塌了，露出砌在里面的维多利亚时代的壁炉。
• And that's when he caved.
  这正是他屈服的时候。
• Enemy resistance soon caved in.
  敌人的反抗很快地土崩瓦解了。
• After a ruinous strike, the union caved in
  一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。