The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms."

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾“

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Your stomach sinks, you have that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, when you get a bad grade on a test.

当你考试考砸的时候,你的胃会垂下去,或者说,会有胃部下垂的感觉

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

This week, tensions continued to rise over the sinking of a South Korean navy ship in March.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The dollar is plunging, -and the dollar is plunging perhaps maybe just around a little bit -- That's been sinking for some months now-- -because America has been living beyond her means borrowing 2 billion a day from foreign nations.

美元大幅走低，-我插一句，美元确实下跌了一点点,且几个月来持续疲软-,-原因在于美国长久以来一直入不敷出,财政赤字每天增长20亿。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

The situation is made worse by the fact that its ancient buildings, built on a body of water called a lagoon, are slowly sinking.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

North Korea denies responsibility. These war games are a direct response to the sinking of the South Korean vessel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The Cheonan incident refers to the unexplained sinking of a South Korean navy ship in March.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

The speakers on the platform took a harder line than that of their government, calling for revenge for the sinking of the South Korean ship.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27