英 [ˈkeɪv ɪn] 美 [ˈkeɪv ɪn]
坍塌；塌陷：某物坍塌或塌陷的行为或状态。
塌方；塌陷位置：某物坍塌或塌陷的位置。
屈服；让步：屈服或让步的行为。
cave in // [ caving caved caves ]
动词词组 If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inward. (屋顶、天花板等) 坍塌
Part of the roof has caved in.
部分屋顶已经坍塌了。
动词词组 If you cave in, you suddenly stop arguing or resisting, especially when people put pressure on you to stop. 屈服; (在压力下) 突然停止争辩或反抗
After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.
在一次造成极大破坏的罢工之后，工会妥协了。
The judge has caved in to political pressure.
迫于政治压力，法官屈服了。
塌落
塌落；认输
The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public inquiry.
总统未必会屈服而同意进行公开调查。
It's the deepest limestone cave in the U.S.
它是美国最深的石灰岩洞穴。
On Christmas Eve in 1994, humans entered a cave in the mountains of southeastern France for what was probably the first time in 20,000 years.
1994年圣诞前夜，人类进入了法国东南部山区的一个洞穴，这可能是2万年来的第一次。
Scientists believe sandals found in the Arnold Research Cave in the American state of Missouri are about seven thousand five hundred years old.
VOA : special.2010.08.03
Edmund Spenser in the Faerie Queene does not bring Sir Guyon with his palmer through the cave of Mammon.
埃蒙德·斯潘塞在《仙后》中并没有让盖恩,带着朝圣者穿越贪婪之神的洞穴。
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The cave of Mammon is the home of Mammon, the money god, who stores in his cave all of the wealth and all of the honor that human beings spend so much energy striving for.
贪欲之神的洞穴是他的住所，这位掌管钱财的神在他的洞里藏着,人类耗费大量精力想要求得的,所有财富和荣誉。
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"And when other people wanted to cave in, when people wanted to say, including a very powerful man in our party said, 'let's just do children's health care and let's come back at it another day,' she said no,this country needs health care reform, we are going to take on the insurance industry, we are going to get it done."
VOA : standard.2010.05.11
Doctoral student Diana Zardaryan of the Institute of Archeology found it in a cave near the border with Iran and Turkey.
VOA : special.2010.08.03
Many had assumed that he would cave in at some stage during the long Hillsborough nights.
Millions also live in dilapidated old buildings, many of which cave in during rains.
Expect BP to cave in and agree to fund an escrow account within a week.