sink /sɪŋk/ CET4 TEM4 ( sinking, sank, sunk, sinks )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen or bathroom, with faucets to supply water. In the kitchen, it is used for washing dishes, and in the bathroom, it is used to wash your hands and face. (固定在厨房里的) 洗涤槽; (固定在浴室里的) 洗脸盆

  例：

  The sink was full of dirty dishes.

  水池里满是脏碟子。

  例：

  The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.

  卫生间里装有2个便池，2个淋浴器和2个洗脸盆。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 使沉没; 下沉

  例：

  In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship.

  在海战中，你的目标是要击沉敌舰。

  例：

  The boat was beginning to sink fast.

  那艘船开始迅速下沉。

• 3. 

  V-I If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 沉没

  例：

  A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.

  新鲜鸡蛋会下沉，旧鸡蛋会浮起来。

• 4. 

  V-I If something sinks, it moves slowly downward. 下沉

  例：

  Far off to the west the sun was sinking.

  远远的，太阳在西边落下。

• 5. 

  V-I If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 下降

  例：

  Share prices would have sunk – hurting small and big investors.

  股票价格本来会下跌–伤及大大小小的投资者。

  例：

  Pay increases have sunk to around seven percent.

  工资增长已下降到7％左右。

• 6. 

  V-I If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. (心情) 沮丧; (情绪) 低落

  例：

  My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl.

  我的心情沮丧，因为我认为他要把我甩了，去追求另一个姑娘。

• 7. 

  V-T/V-I If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. 深深切入

  例：

  I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream.

  我的牙齿咬住了一块薄荷奶油糖。

• 8. 

  V-T If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. 打 (水井); 挖 (矿井)

  例：

  ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft.

  …斯蒂芬森挖第一口矿井时的旧址。

• 9. 

  V-T If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money. 投入 (资金)

  例：

  He has already sunk $25 million into the project.

  他已经在这个项目投入了2500万美元。

• 10. 

  → see also sinking, sunk

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. 自主沉浮

  例：

  I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves.

  我认为运动员的成败取决于他们如何激励自己。