crumbling的意思|crumbling的解释-里氏词典

crumbling

皱纹
岩块剥落
破碎

The masonry is crumbling.
石屋日渐崩溃。
The stonework of the tower was crumbling, and the great clock had fallen into disrepair.
钟楼的石头框架摇摇欲坠，那座大钟也已年久失修。

Crumble \Crum"ble\ (kr[u^]m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled}
(kr[u^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling}
(kr[u^]m"bl[i^]ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D.
kruimelen G. kr["u]meln.]
To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints,
And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton.

Mr. Kennan's advocacy of containment was inappropriate 40 years ago, though its application today can be rewarding in denying the Soviets the ability to intimidate the West and obtain support for a crumbling social and economic system.
He also said many records of the old East German leadership were destroyed by the secret police when it became clear the Honecker regime was crumbling.
He wrote that class barriers were crumbling, and pointed to studies showing that by the year 2000, 70 percent of all job will require brains, not brawn, compared with only 30 percent in 1945.
Thousands of Patriots are already deployed in Europe against a crumbling Warsaw Pact.
The legs already were crumbling at the base, Gaylord said.
Perhaps the saddest monument is the crumbling landmark of Battersea Power Station - which was also the scene of a stage-managed appearance by Mrs Thatcher.
"The whole place is falling apart and no one in their right mind would want to stay here." East Germany seems like it is crumbling.
But political leaders expected that, and when, in late July, Johnson & Johnson said it was giving up its boycott of Florida TV stations, many thought the opposition to the tax was crumbling.
The official Tass news agency, in a commentary, said Gorbachev would face a "moment of truth" when he speaks to lawmakers on the crumbling economy and on campaigns by separatist-minded republics.
East German Premier Hans Modrow, pressed by mass emigration and a crumbling economy, appealed Tuesday for immediate reunification talks under a formula worked out with the Allied victors of World War II.
The communist alliance elected Kiszczak prime minister over Solidarity's objection Aug. 2, but now shows signs of crumbling after Walesa proposed the Solidarity-Peasant-Democrat alliance.
Even the crumbling of Revco D.S. Inc.'s leveraged buyout in July, the first major junk-bond buyout to sink into bankruptcy court, failed to send shivers through the debt markets.
Faster, not slower, reform is the best path to stability in a crumbling empire.
On a darker note, such thoughtless labeling leads many who, through no fault of their own, have lost so much and suffered so deeply to thoughts of suicide, especially when their homes have been lost and their families are crumbling.
By early this year, Dynabook could keep going only with the help of $500,000 from a landlord so eager to fill an empty building that he didn't notice his tenant was crumbling.
If the U.S. wishes to recover its "reputation," it might begin by repairing its inner cities, public education, crumbling infrastructure and multiple social needs, at the same time resisting the temptation to follow the path of Spanish grandees.
Soon, racial and social barriers began crumbling.
The stock market reacted as Mr. Rahn did, crumbling as it absorbed the news that Mr. Darman's strategy had been abandoned.
Tens of thousands of high school students staged protests today across France, intensifying pressure on education authorities to improve safety at crumbling, crime-ridden public schools.
The commission Wednesday released the six-page report it sent to President Bush, calling for "a national voice" to repair a health care system that is in danger of crumbling under the weight of a worsening AIDS epidemic.
His very ordered and affluent life comes crumbling down after his mistress runs over a man in the South Bronx, flees the scene and leaves Sherman holding the bag.
Officials of the crumbling Warsaw Pact agreed Saturday on a plan to divide up their tanks and other conventional weapons, paving the way for an East-West accord covering all of Europe.
Despite the crumbling of the Warsaw Pact, France is sticking by its Cold War policy of nuclear deterrence.
Cavatta said the offices needed to be moved anyway because the skunk-occupied building was old and crumbling.
And for a chunk of the crumbling Iron Curtain itself, there's "My Lithuania" (Thames and Hudson, 144 pages, $35) by photojournalist Aleksandras Macijauskas.
A cotton gin is virtually the only industry, and the main drag is a row of crumbling, century-old stores.
But he said the Contra force was crumbling through quiet desertion.
Anatole Kalestsky of London's Financial Times, in its April 6 edition: The crumbling of nearly 10% of the U.S. banking system, followed by creeping nationalisation, has been one of the most paradoxical legacies of the Reagan era.
Wooden stick ribs protrude from the sides of crumbling mud huts.
Our task today is to rebuild this crumbling edifice together.' So far, Mr Gbagbo's message has fallen on deaf ears.

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