| 词汇 | example_english_crumble |
| 释义 | Examples of crumbleThese 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. If the edifice of retirement is crumbling, then surely the point at which a ' worker ' is cast aside is open to negotiation ? Boundaries of containment were crumbling all around it. Rather, corporatist institutions in this period could be considered to be a supplement or a reinforcement of crumbling liberal institutions. The remaining soil was gently crumbled through a sieve with 4 mm openings. He crumbles to dust because he has never been a substantial external threat at all. See the beautiful blues of the sea ice as it crumbled. When the regime crumbled during 1956 as a result of splits within the party and chronic lack of legitimacy and support among the population, these complaints shaped local political demands. However, when state capacity to suppress the potential for conflict crumbled, interethnic conflicts resurfaced at an unprecedented scale with devastating results, both in terms of human life and physical costs. In this particular context, many scholars note that authoritarianism is probably bad for growth because it prevents the public from evicting corrupt politicians even when the national economy is crumbling. Since then the old social basis has largely crumbled away, and it has not always been possible to make up for the lost votes from other sources. In this paranoid world, in which women were often selected as scapegoats for the crumbling social order, such 'powerful' constructions could also serve to justify patriarchal backlash. The outer surfaces of the columns have crumbled badly and are being repaired at a cost of £131. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The movement of people, ideas, goods, the end of certain great totalitarian empires, the crumbling of walls and iron curtains represent real progress overall. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Schools and clinics had crumbled, roads were impassable. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The £1.3 billion to repair crumbling classrooms will do a lot to help teachers' morale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Evidence shows that fewer and fewer resources are available in villages, which are literally crumbling under the strain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system has crumbling tunnels and worn-out signalling, and the trains are overcrowded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was rather appalled by the description they presented to me of an island whose infrastructure is crumbling and suffering from serious neglect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The information technology system is crumbling and needs greater co-ordination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He believes that it is the first sign of its crumbling into ruin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our achievements over the last 11 years have not crumbled away in the face of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it might even help to prop up the crumbling structures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where is the choice for the hundreds and thousands of children who are being educated in crumbling schools? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The citizens charter is a modest gimmick, designed to paper over the cracks of a crumbling and decadent political system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past few weeks alone we have been witnessing the erosion of western influence and the crumbling of policies that we support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A building that seemed to be crumbling is now being developed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We live in an increasingly permissive society where standards are visibly crumbling and crime is becoming increasingly vicious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crumbling edge of quality has accelerated to become the declining core of the network. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The federal arrangement which has existed there and which many of us took for granted would continue—as it did for 40 years —is crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are crumbling schools and teacher morale is low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With all these arguments against the tanner, it seems obvious that it will not come into existence and the argument crumbles away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The entire fabric of those calculations has crumbled to the ground, but the policy founded on that fabric remains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our response to the same challenge is to squeeze public expenditure so that, far from investing, our sewers are crumbling and our railways declining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a slow crumbling of the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He recently became registered blind and his wife, on whose care he relies day and night, is also severely disabled with "a crumbling spine". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the back of that the whole infrastructure supporting the countryside is crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can they be expected to do even more, even better, without crumbling under pressure? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the schools have one crumbling blackboard with chalk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more one puts on to this narrow base the more dangerous it becomes from the point of view of crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the northern end of this important site is a now disused and crumbling railway embankment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they are crumbling and they need something back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want them to rebuild the crumbling public services in many of our cities and towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can elderly and disabled people, living in often crumbling, inadequate, damp and cold accommodation, buy their way out of such situations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fragile structure of civilisation totters and is close to crumbling at the very mention of the word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he note that the editorial concedes that a debt burden would be bad for future generations, but so, too, would a crumbling infrastructure? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is to maintain buildings—and some of the buildings are extremely old and are crumbling, and cost the earth to maintain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The successful invasion of this country would mean not only the destruction of all our material resources but the crumbling and collapse of society itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find that traditional political meetings are crumbling across the country and that development meetings are growing and flourishing and are widely attended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their children go to schools that are crumbling and in some cases literally falling down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we have another crumbling of the castle battlements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has the old adage that a stitch in time saves nine ever been more applicable than to the crumbling state of many of our schools? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout my constituency, children were literally falling over in playgrounds where the tarmac was crumbling over on itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We on this side believe that the system is slowly but inevitably crumbling under the pressure of facts and of conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were holes in walls, in floor and in ceiling, and the room was so damp that the plaster was crumbling from the walls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, it is now suggested that we should spend another £11 million on a crumbling monument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every week we hear horror stories about crumbling schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not realise that they are living in a world which is crumbling under their feet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The best buildings are crumbling almost before one's eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one raises one's sights too high and tries to impose standards which are unenforceable, one brings the law into disrepute and the edifice crumbles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system was crumbling and getting worse by the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a significant reduction in the exchange rate it will become not only fragile but crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The economy is crumbling around you and yet you still do nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will the force go in at the invitation of a corrupt, crumbling regime which has lost the people's confidence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sought to show, and my noble friend has shown even more convincingly, on what crumbling foundations these views were based. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far from crumbling, as we know, in the event the very reverse happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The work load agreement is crumbling and schools face the worst funding crisis for years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, urban monitoring has shown dramatic declines in urban sulphur dioxide pollution over 20 years, and yet the crumbling of the stonework has continued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fabric of the housing stock is crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system has not crumbled further partly because of such national and local work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After decades of underfunding, much of their infrastructure is overcrowded, outdated and crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They saw class sizes rising, buildings crumbling and books and equipment shortages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, vandalism and crime continue to grow due to homelessness, unemployment and the crumbling decay of inner-city areas with the consequent despair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the field of health, we have continued stories of crumbling hospital buildings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more that expenditure is piled on to that very weak base, the more likely it is to be crumbling, anomalous and unfair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The library is the usual small, leaking, crumbling structure that one would associate with a new town with 70,000 inhabitants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Competition has benefited the consumers in lower prices for fireworks, but a casualty has been the crumbling of the voluntary agreements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More important for this country, so many of those so-called advantages have crumbled to dust in the light of experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their roofs leak, the stonework crumbles in the edacious metropolitan atmosphere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All too many school buildings are at present crumbling or inadequate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment, the economy of that country is crumbling, and of this there is no doubt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one likes to live in a house which suddenly shows signs of crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The traditional division between publishing and broadcasting is crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I followed them onto a narrow, crumbling ledge above the ravine where the wind hurled us against the wall. The world which had been dominated by subsistence agriculture crumbled. The reaction to the chief executive's attack exposed the extent to which the initial solidarity among journalists had already crumbled. Samples from the same plot were stored in the same paper bag, and were then crumbled and mechanically homogenized in plastic mixing trays. She begins the novel in the assumed persona of a young widowed painter who moves into a crumbling pile in an isolated village. The powers of this crumbling ancien régime were the fourth-class postmaster and the stage contractor. With the new historical evidence that the first industrial nation had predominantly nuclear families long before industrialization, the old interpretation crumbled. Older barriers of privilege within an aristocratic institution were crumbling through the creation of a more 'democratic army'. However exciting his paper, his thesis seemed in danger of crumbling if it were reworked into a conventional historical discourse. The crumbling economies of the interior forced several million people to emigrate to pampean cities. Casualties were also frequent when boys became stuck in narrow flues or fell from crumbling chimney stacks. The establishment that it defends might be crumbling, but it can still try to take the insurgents down with it. After 5 months, the soil in the cells was regularly crumbled in order to enhance emergence during the following 3 months. The eroded cathedral and the crumbling angel can be read as re-statements of this theme. 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