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

• 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。
• The answer, as Ms Reinhart and I demonstrate, drawing on centuries of financial crises, is to look particularly for situations with large rapid surges in leverage and asset prices, surges that can suddenly implode if confidence fades.
  正如莱因哈特和我所证明的那样，答案要在数百年的金融危机史中寻找，着重寻找杠杆率和资产价格迅速大幅升高的情况，一旦信心消退，这种激增现象就可能会突然崩溃。
• When the external lending halts, the banks are likely to implode, undermining both the economy and the fiscal position.
  外部贷款停止时，银行可能发生内爆，危及国家经济和财政状况。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They can suddenly gain millions of users and huge valuations and just as abruptly lose appeal and implode.
  这类公司可以在一夜之间拥有数百万用户和高额估值，但是又会在顷刻之间失去吸引力，一败涂地。
• 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。
• Some part of her worried that it would eventually implode.
  她的一部分担忧最终会这会内向爆炸。