cave in

英 [ˈkeɪv ɪn]

美 [ˈkeɪv ɪn]

（屋顶、天花板等）塌陷，坍塌; （尤指迫于压力）突然停止争辩，让步，屈服

柯林斯词典

• See also:Part of the roof has caved in...The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace...I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.cave-in
• PHRASAL VERB (尤指迫于压力)突然停止争辩，让步，屈服
  If youcave in, you suddenly stop arguing or resisting, especially when people put pressure on you to stop.
  1. 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。
  2. The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure...
     首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
  Synonym:subsidence

verb

• break down, literally or metaphorically
  1. The wall collapsed
  2. The business collapsed
  3. The dam broke
  4. The roof collapsed
  5. The wall gave in
  6. The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
  Synonym:collapsefall ingivegive waybreakfounder

双语例句

• 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。
• After a time, I found a little cave in the side of a hill.
  过了不久，我在小山的一侧找到了一个小洞穴。
• The fugitive live in a cave in the mountain crag for several years.
  这个逃犯在一个山上峭壁的岩洞里住了几年。
• Don't you cave in, I mean, mr.?
  你不会投降了吧，我意思是，先生？
• I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.
  我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。
• The steps took us up to a cave in the cliff.
  拾级而上，我们来到了悬崖上的一处洞穴。
• Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain.
  山边或崖边的小而窄的洞穴。
• The children found a cave in the side of the mountain.
  孩子们在山坡上发现了一个岩洞。
• As we set forth facts and reasoned things out the criminal could not but cave in and admit his crime.
  由于我们摆事实、讲道理，那个犯罪分子不得不低头认罪。
• Fortunately they hid themselves in a cave in time.
  幸运的是他们及时躲进了一个山洞。