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sink (obj) GO DOWN BELOWsINkvpast simple sank sCNk or sunk sVNk, past part sunk sVNkto (cause to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance沉没，陷没The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank (to the bottom of the ocean) in 1912. [I]泰坦尼克号是于1912年沉没的客轮。I thought the cardboard box would float on the water, but it sank. [I]我以为纸板箱能在水面上漂浮，但它沉下去了。The legs of the garden chair sank into the soft ground. [I]园椅的腿陷入软土里。The dog sank her teeth into (= bit) the ball and ran off with it. [T]那只狗用牙咬住球，带着它跑开了。She sank (= put) her spoon into the large bowl of cream. [T]她将勺子伸进一大碗奶油里。We sank (= put) all our money into my brother's business. [T]我们将所有的钱投入我兄弟的生意中。My employer gave me no help when I started my new job--I was just left to sink or swim (= to fail or succeed by my own efforts, without help from others).在我开始新工作时，我的雇主没有提供帮助----只是靠我自己去挣扎。Jill's suggestion that we all play tennis sank like a stone / a lead balloon (= received no support).吉尔建议我们都去打网球，这建议犹如石沉大海(没有得到支持)。Since his last book five years ago, he seems to have sunk without (a) trace (= disappeared from public notice).自从五年前出了最后一本书，他似乎消失了踪影。[SUNKEN]
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