crash
|kræʃ|
n
A.VEHICLEACCIDENT 交通事故
(NorthAmerican English also wreck) an accidentin which a vehicle hits sth, forexample another vehicle, usually causing damageand often injuring or killingthe passengers 撞车；碰撞；相撞
A girl waskilled yesterday in a crash involvinga stolen car.
昨天有一女孩在一桩涉及窃车的撞车事故中丧生。
a car/planecrash
汽车撞车事故；飞机失事
B.LOUD NOISE巨响
[常用单数形式]a sudden loud noise made, for example, by sth falling or breaking （倒下、破碎等突然的）碰撞声，破裂声，碎裂声
The treefell with a great crash.
那棵树哗啦一声倒了。
The firstdistant crash of thunder shook theair.
远处的第一声霹雳震撼着天空。
C.INFINANCE/BUSINESS 金融；商业
a suddenserious fall in the price or value ofsth; the occasion when a business, etc.fails 暴跌；倒闭；破产；失败
同collapse
the 1987stock market crash
1987年的股票市场暴跌
D.COMPUTING 计算机技术
a suddenfailure of a machine or system,especially of a computer or computer system （机器或系统，尤指计算机或计算机系统的）崩溃
adj.
[只用于名词前]involving hard work or a lot of effort over a short period of timein order toachieve quick results 应急的；速成的
a crashcourse in computer programming
计算机编程速成课程
a crash diet
快速减肥规定饮食
v
A.VEHICLEACCIDENT 交通事故
(NorthAmerican English also wreck) an accidentin which a vehicle hits sth, forexample another vehicle, usually causing damageand often injuring or killingthe passengers 撞车；碰撞；相撞
A girl waskilled yesterday in a crash involvinga stolen car.
昨天有一女孩在一桩涉及窃车的撞车事故中丧生。
a car/planecrash
汽车撞车事故；飞机失事
B.LOUD NOISE巨响
[常用单数形式]a sudden loud noise made, for example, by sth falling or breaking （倒下、破碎等突然的）碰撞声，破裂声，碎裂声
The treefell with a great crash.
那棵树哗啦一声倒了。
The firstdistant crash of thunder shook theair.
远处的第一声霹雳震撼着天空。
C.INFINANCE/BUSINESS 金融；商业
a suddenserious fall in the price or value ofsth; the occasion when a business, etc.fails 暴跌；倒闭；破产；失败
同collapse
the 1987stock market crash
1987年的股票市场暴跌
D.COMPUTING 计算机技术
a suddenfailure of a machine or system,especially of a computer or computer system （机器或系统，尤指计算机或计算机系统的）崩溃
电脑死机了就可以用这个单词。
breakdown
|ˈbreɪkdaʊn|
n
[可数名词]an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working （车辆或机器的）故障，损坏
a breakdownon the motorway
在高速公路上出的故障
a breakdownrecovery service
车辆抢修服务
[可数名词, 不可数名词] a failure of a relationship,discussion or system （关系的）破裂；（讨论、系统的）失败
thebreakdown of a marriage
婚姻破裂
marriagebreakdown
婚姻破裂
a breakdownin communications
通信中断
Thebreakdown of the negotiations was notunexpected.
谈判的失败是预料之中的事。
thebreakdown of law and order
治安陷入瘫痪
[可数名词, 常用单数形式] detailed information that you getby studying a set of figures 数字细目；分类
First, let'slook at a breakdown of the costs.
我们首先看一下成本的详细数字。
[不可数名词](technical术语) the breaking of a substanceinto the parts of whichit is made 分解
thebreakdown of proteins in the digestivesystem
蛋白质在消化系统中的分解
[可数名词]= nervous breakdown
She's stillrecovering from her breakdown.
她精神崩溃后还在恢复中。
collision
|kəˈlɪʒn|
n
[可数名词, 不可数名词] ~ (with sb/sth) | ~ (between/of Aand B)
an accidentin which two vehicles or peoplecrash into each other 碰撞（或相撞）事故
a collisionbetween two trains
两列火车相撞事故
Stewart wasinjured in a collision with anotherplayer.
斯图尔特在与另一选手的相撞中受了伤。
a head-oncollision (= between two vehicles thatare moving towards each other)
（车辆的）迎头相撞
a mid-aircollision (= between two aircraftwhile they are flying)
（两架飞机的）空中相撞
His car wasin collision with a motorbike.
他的车和一辆摩托车撞上了。
(formal) astrong disagreement between twopeople or between opposing ideas, opinions,etc.; the meeting of two things thatare very different （两人之间或对立意见、看法等之间的）冲突，抵触
a collisionbetween two opposing points of view
两种对立观点的冲突
In his workwe see the collision of twodifferent traditions.
在他的作品中我们看到两种不同传统的碰撞。
be on acollision course (with sb/sth)
to be in asituation which is almost certain tocause a disagreement or argument 几乎发生冲突（或争端、纠纷）
I was on acollision course with my boss overthe sales figures.
我和我的老板在销售数字问题上差点发生争执。
to be movingin a direction in which it islikely that you will crash into sb/sth 朝着可能会碰撞的方向移动；有可能相撞的趋势
A gianticeberg was on a collision course withthe ship.
巨大的冰山正在朝着可能与船发生相撞的方向漂移。
ravage
|ˈrævɪdʒ|
v
[动词 + 名词短语][常用被动态] todamage sth badly 毁坏；损坏；严重损害
同devastate
a countryravaged by civil war
遭受内战重创的国家
devastate
|ˈdevəsteɪt|
v
[动词 + 名词短语]
tocompletely destroy a place or an area 彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭
The bombdevastated much of the old part of thecity.
这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
[常用被动态]to make sb feel very shocked and sad 使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛
