sinking

名词沉没

动词（使）下沉， （使）沉没( sink的现在分词 )

1. (情绪突然)颓丧的，抑郁的，沮丧的
    If you have a sinking feeling, you suddenly become depressed or lose hope.

    e.g. I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her.
           我开始有一种永远也摆脱不了她的沮丧情绪。

1. China COSCO's executives remain sanguine about business prospects for this year, although analysts said sinking freight rates and higher costs would squeeze the firm.

2. Their heels were so high that my shoes seemed to be sinking into the ground by comparison.

3. sinking的近义词

3. A group of 68 children thought to be victims of child trafficking were rescued from a sinking ship off Cameroon in 2001.

4. The captain and a technician insisted on staying on the sinking cargo ship to rescue the goods.

5. These are experienced divers, who had performed similar missions when dealing with the sinking of a Ukrainian cargo vessel.

6. It also warned of " catastrophic consequences " if the ROK decides to resume official loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border in the wake of the sinking.

7. Initial investigation indicated that the sinking was caused by piling work of a real estate project that triggered an underground limestone cave.

8. He also immortalized his name in Hollywood history recently by sinking his hand and footprints into cement outside the famous Grauman's Chinese Theater.

9. Economic development at the expense of the environment is like grabbing a good seat in the cinema of a sinking luxury liner.

10. A concentrated mixture of chemicals is then pumped through the pipes, sinking into the clay below and leaching out rare earth metals as it passes.

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