Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense sinks, present participle sinking, past tense sank, past participle sunk
1N-COUNT (厨房里的)洗涤池,洗碗槽,水槽 A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes. (厨房里的)洗涤池,洗碗槽,水槽
8ADJ [ADJ n]贫困的;条件不好的 People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources. 贫困的;条件不好的 [British, journalism]
...unemployed teenagers from sink estates.
来自贫困地区的无业青少年
He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。
9VERB (声音)变小,降低,变低 If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter. (声音)变小,降低,变低 [written]
Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying. [VERB]
10VERB 逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) To sink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it. 逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) [written]
She'd sometimes sink into depression. [VERBinto noun]
她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
That night he sank into a deep coma. [VERBinto noun]
那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。
Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos. [VERBinto noun]
保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。
11VERB (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落 If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落
My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. [VERB]
我的心情一下子很沮丧,以为他要为了另一个女孩和我分手。
Her spirits sank lower and lower. [VERB]
她的情绪越来越低落。
12V-ERG (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入 If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入
He sinks the needle into my arm. [VERB noun into noun]
他将针插入我的胳膊。
I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream. [VERB noun + into]
我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。
The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes. [VERB + into]
铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
13VERB 挖,掘(井、矿井、深洞等) If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. 挖,掘(井、矿井、深洞等)
...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft. [VERB noun]
斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方
If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside. [VERB noun]
如果他们继续钻洞,地表很有可能下沉。
...a one-thousand foot deep hole sunk into the rock. [VERB-ed]
15VERB 猛喝,灌(酒) If someone sinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly. 猛喝,灌(酒) [British, informal]
She sank two glasses of white wine. [VERB noun]
她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。
SYN drink, down [informal], knock back, neck [slang]
16VERB (高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋 In golf, snooker, and some other games, if you sink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole. (高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋
He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes. [VERB noun]
18PHRASE 自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦 If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. to sink without trace→see: trace自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦
The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly.