投降; 屈服 fail; yield
cave in
The roof of the tunnel caved in.
隧道的頂部塌陷了。
The roof is dangerous and could cave in at any time.
屋頂很危險,任何時候都可能坍塌。
The mine which caved in during the earthquake was soon repaired and resumed production.
在地震中坍陷的礦井很快修復(fù)了,并恢復(fù)了生產(chǎn)。
cave sth ? in
Who has caved my hat in?
誰把我的帽子弄塌下去了?
They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives.
他們用強大的炸藥把地下通道的頂部炸塌陷了。
cave in
Why do you want to appoint this man as manager?The last firm he worked for caved in.
你為什么要任命此人為經(jīng)理?他所服務(wù)的前一個商行倒閉了。
cave in
The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.
孩子們請求父親帶他們?nèi)タ瘩R戲,直到他讓步為止。
As we set forth facts and reasoned things out the criminal could not but cave in and admit his crime.
由于我們擺事實、講道理,那個犯罪分子不得不低頭認(rèn)罪。
They refused to cave in to the terrorists\\\' demands.
他們拒絕向恐怖分子的要求屈服。
The opposition caved in before our superior argument.
反對者在我們強有力的辯論之下屈服了。
The challenger caved in during the seventh round.
競爭進入第七輪那位挑戰(zhàn)者就一蹶不振了。