| 词汇 | cave in |
| 释义 | cave in [phrasal verb] 1 a : to fall down or inward坍塌；塌陷 We need to keep the walls from caving in. [=collapsing]我们要防止墙壁坍塌。 The roof caved in on them.屋顶坍塌压住了他们。 b cave (something) in or cave in (something) : to cause (something) to fall down or inward使坍塌；使塌陷 The weight of the snow caved in the roof.积雪把屋顶压塌了。 2 informal : to stop trying to resist or oppose something : to give in or submit to pressure屈从；屈服 We kept asking her to come and she finally caved in.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。 He caved in to the pressure to resign.他迫于压力提出辞职。 — sometimes used in U.S. English without in在美国英语中有时不与in连用 We kept asking her to come and she finally caved.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。 — see also cave-in cave |
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