Engineers had to cut trees and cover the muddy roads with logs so wagons would not sink.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Because of this my mother used to make Jell-o that had fruit suspended in it, and the fruit doesn't sink to the bottom like you'd expect it to sink through water, but it stays suspended inside.

正因为如此,当我母亲以前做,那种加水果的果冻的时候,水果并不会沉到果冻底部来,你以为它会像在水里那样,但水果是悬在果冻里的

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It took decades for Modigliani-Miller to kind of sink in.

数十年后人们才理解了MM命题

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And the hope among them slowly started to sink.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Kunda Dixit says anger,outrage, and frustration are rising among ordinary people as political parties fail to sink their political ambitions, and resolve the deadlock.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

(OMITTED) The debt crisis is threatening to sink the euro currency, so the European Union has pledged to guarantee loans totaling around a trillion dollars.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

But could find none. "Over time oil does dissipate and can get broken down from bacteria and other organisms in the water, but still they are putting certain dispersants on the oil that makes it sink down to the bottom."

VOA: standard.2010.05.09