| 词汇 | meltdown |
| 释义 | meltdown noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈmelt.daʊn/ us /ˈmelt.daʊn/ meltdownnoun[C or U] (NUCLEAR)an extremely dangerous situation in a nuclear power station in which the nuclear fuel becomes very hot and melts through its container and escapes into the environment（核电站核燃料的）熔毁 Accidents and disasters a disaster waiting to happenidiom accident accidental accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom an accident waiting to happenidiom calamity cataclysm cataclysmic cataclysmically catastrophe disastrous disastrously doomsday scenario dumpster fire natural disaster non-emergency perfect storm post-accident snafu You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Physics: energy, force & power meltdownnoun[C or U] (FAILURE)a complete failure, especially in financial matters: （尤指金融方面的）灾难 financial/economic/market meltdown金融／经济／市场崩溃 The last few months have seen the progressive meltdown of the country's political system.过去几个月里，该国的政治体系一步步走向瓦解。 the fact of not being successful failureFailure is not an option. breakdownThe complete breakdown of local infrastructure left residents without water or electricity. meltdownThe markets experienced a meltdown at the news of the sale. collapseThe car manufacturer's collapse left the region's economy in tatters. failHe tried to sing the anthem, but it was an epic fail. informal an occasion when a person becomes extremely upset and is not able to deal with a problem or situation崩溃（指一个人极度悲伤而不能应对生活） Failures another/the final nail in the coffinidiom bloodbath brain freeze breakdown busted flush car crash false dawn fiasco flameout flop foul (something) up hash lemon loser omnishambles parody post-crash pratfall reversal slim pickings You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Coping and not coping meltdown | American Dictionarymeltdown noun[ C/U ] us/ˈmeltˌdɑʊn/ a dangerous accident in which the fuel melts in a nuclear reactor (= device that produces energy) meltdown | Business Englishmeltdown noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈmeltdaʊn/us ECONOMICS, FINANCE a situation in which an industry, economy, etc. is badly affected by a lot of problems within a short period of time: Analysts were watching for signs of a meltdown following problems at three of Wall Street's major investment banks. A deadly new computer virus caused much of the internet to go into meltdown last weekend. a meltdown in sthA meltdown in the mortgage industry has made it more difficult to get a loan or to refinance. a meltdown of sthThe two officials are expected to help develop a plan to prevent a meltdown of the county's finances. be in meltdownSince the credit crisis, the whole banking industry has been in meltdown. financial/economic/political meltdown a stock market/subprime/credit meltdown a global/industry/corporate meltdown Examples of meltdownmeltdown Wanis has often spoken out publicly on television, radio and in print about celebrity narcissism and meltdowns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They play against the meltdowns both at home and in exhibition bouts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Three of the reactors quickly overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to explosions, which hurled large amounts of radioactive material into the air. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The final report warned of plane crashes and reactor meltdowns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Compensating for the meltdown : the critical effective size of a population with deleterious and compensatory mutations. However, lack of regulation and out-of-date legal framework led to crisis in the market leading to certain meltdowns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the economic costs of nuclear power accidents is high, and meltdowns can take decades to clean up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the time, there was an excess of foreclosed houses on the market, following the financial meltdowns of 2008. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Compensating for our load of mutations : freezing the meltdown of small populations. Arctic meltdown: the economic and security implications of global warming. Many critics claim that these books were unrealistic in their assessments of whether the attacks described (such as nuclear meltdowns and chemical plant explosions) were possible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A series of accidents with research reactors, including partial core meltdowns, made private companies cautious, and reluctant to become involved with nuclear energy without protection from liability. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mutational meltdown in asexual populations. The mutation meltdown in small asexual population. Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments. See all examples of meltdown These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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