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col.lapse FAILkE75lApsv [I](of people and business) to suffer the sudden inability to continue or work correctly（人）病倒，（企业）垮掉Lots of people lost their jobs when the property market collapsed.在房地产市场垮掉后，许多人失去了工作。Talks between management and unions have collapsed.劳资对话彻底破裂。Share prices collapsed (=became lower suddenly) after news of poor trading.随着不景气的贸易数字的公布，股票价格暴跌。(fig.) He thought his whole world had collapsed when his wife died.在他妻子死后，他觉得他的整个世界都崩溃了。
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