1、collapse

倒塌;塌下

A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed.

海灣大橋有一段垮塌了。

The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble.

屋頂轟隆一聲塌了下來(lái)，碎石瓦礫落了一地。

(體系或機(jī)構(gòu))崩潰，瓦解，突然失敗

His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.

他的商業(yè)帝國(guó)無(wú)力承擔(dān)沉重的債務(wù)負(fù)擔(dān)而垮掉了。

This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled.

這一體系在其占統(tǒng)治地位的大多數(shù)國(guó)家都失敗了。

(因生病或虛弱)突然倒下，昏倒

He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home.

在家劇烈運(yùn)動(dòng)了一陣后他突然昏倒了。

It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.

在街上看見有人餓暈是很平常的事。

2、universe

宇宙

Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.

愛因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨脹。

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

早期的天文學(xué)家認(rèn)為我們的星球是宇宙的中心。

經(jīng)驗(yàn)領(lǐng)域

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.

優(yōu)秀的作家從他們眼中的世界汲取體驗(yàn)，然后在紙上重塑自己的天地。

They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.

他們標(biāo)出了我們視覺經(jīng)驗(yàn)領(lǐng)域的界限。