cave in

1. See also: Part of the roof has caved in... The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace... I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me. cave-in
2. PHRASAL VERB (尤指迫于压力)突然停止争辩，让步，屈服
   If you cave in, you suddenly stop arguing or resisting, especially when people put pressure on you to stop.
   1. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in...
      一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
   2. The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure...
      首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
   3. He's caved in on capital punishment.
      在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。

1. Part of the roof has caved in
   屋顶有一部分塌了下来。
2. The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace
   墙坍塌了，露出砌在里面的维多利亚时代的壁炉。
3. I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.
   我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。
4. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in
   一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
5. The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure
   首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
6. He's caved in on capital punishment.
   在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
7. The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.
   地震后路基沉陷了。
8. The children found a cave in the side of the mountain.
   孩子们在山坡上发现了一个岩洞。
9. As we set forth facts and reasoned things out the criminal could not but cave in and admit his crime.
   由于我们摆事实、讲道理，那个犯罪分子不得不低头认罪。
10. The roof is dangerous and could cave in at any time.
    屋顶很危险，任何时候都可能坍塌。
11. Fortunately they hid themselves in a cave in time.
    幸运的是他们及时躲进了一个山洞。
12. After a time, I found a little cave in the side of a hill.
    过了不久，我在小山的一侧找到了一个小洞穴。
13. In 1999, archaeologists discovered more than 300 pieces of pigment in the Twin Rivers Cave in Zambia.
    1999年，考古学家在赞比亚的双子河流域洞穴中发现300多个染料样本。
14. I thought he could face his opponent and not cave in so easily, but I was disappointed.
    我以为他能面对敌手毫不畏惧，可是他使我失望了。
15. This cave in Venezuela is the home of one of them.
    这个位于委内瑞拉山洞便是它们的家。
16. Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain.
    山边或崖边的小而窄的洞穴。
17. The roof or walls will not cave in.
    坑顶或边墙不能塌方。
18. They went to the cave in quest of hidden treasure.
    他们到山洞去寻找宝藏。
19. There was a cave in in one of the mines, and eight people were killed.
    有个煤矿塌方了，死了八个人。
20. It's the largest rock cave in Yunnan.
    是云南所有石刻中最大的一窟。
21. Teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos, have been discovered by archaeologists at a cave in Devon.
    英国德文郡的考古学家在一个山洞中发现了冰河时期的动物牙齿和骨骼，包括斑鬣狗、鹿和犀牛。
22. Saved my life up in a cave in utah.
    曾在犹他州的一个山洞里救过我的命。
23. They are sheltered from the snow in a small cave in the mountain.
    他们正在山里的一个小山洞里避雪。
24. Limestone caves are the most common kind of cave in the world.
    石灰石洞穴是世界上最普通的洞穴。
25. Don't you cave in, I mean, mr.?
    你不会投降了吧，我意思是，先生？
26. The steps took us up to a cave in the cliff.
    拾级而上，我们来到了悬崖上的一处洞穴。
27. But when the dessert cart comes by, we humans often cave in.
    但是当甜点车从身旁推过，我们人类常常就屈服了。
28. The fugitive live in a cave in the mountain crag for several years.
    这个逃犯在一个山上峭壁的岩洞里住了几年。
29. There is a natural cave in the side of the hill.
    山坡上有一个天然的洞穴。
30. I bet I can find that cave in Japan.
    我敢打赌我能在日本找到那个窑洞。

noun

1. the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

   Synonym:    subsidence

verb

1. break down, literally or metaphorically
   1. The wall collapsed
   2. The business collapsed
   3. The dam broke
   4. The roof collapsed
   5. The wall gave in
   6. The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice

   Synonym:    collapsefall ingivegive waybreakfounder