meltdown
英 [ˈmeltdaʊn] 美 [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn]

n.

彻底垮台；

变形

复数：meltdowns

英英释义

meltdown[ 'meltdaun ]

• n.
  • severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

    同义词：nuclear meltdown

  • a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

    "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"

词组短语

financial meltdown金融危机；经济下滑

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Experts have not ruled out the possibility of a complete meltdown.
   专家们还没有排除反应炉核心完全熔毁的可能性。
2. The current global meltdown owes much to macroeconomic imbalances.
   目前的全球危机很大程度上归罪于宏观经济的失衡。
3. He sees a bright side to the financial meltdown that has smacked the US.
   他看见了给予美国打击的经济下滑乐观的一面。

权威例句

Mutational Meltdowns in Sexual Populations
Invasional ‘meltdown’ on an oceanic island
The mutational meltdown in asexual populations.
Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments
Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments.
Invasional ‘meltdown’ on an oceanic island
When Sources Become Sinks: Migrational Meltdown in Heterogeneous Habitats
Positive interactions of nonindigenous species: invasional meltdown?
Facilitative interactions among aquatic invaders: is an "invasional meltdown"occurring in the Great Lakes?
European buckthorn and Asian soybean aphid as components of an extensive invasional meltdown in North America