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V-ERG
(使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
例句
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
燧石在壓力的作用下碎成了小塊。
Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
把干酪大致弄碎，裝入一只碗內。
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VERB
坍塌;損壞;崩裂
If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
例句
The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...
20世紀60年代建造的高低不一的公寓樓群正在逐漸破損坍塌。
The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
預計那處懸崖會以每小時10英尺的速度坍塌墜入大海。
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VERB
(體系、關系或希望等)崩潰，瓦解，消亡
If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end.
例句
Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...
在聯合國制裁的重壓之下，他們的經濟崩潰了。
The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
傳統婚姻正迅速消失。
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VERB
不再抵抗;放棄奮斗;無力應付
If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
例句
Brighton have too many experienced players to crumble just because we are in town...
布賴頓隊有很多經驗豐富的隊員，他們不會因為我們在城里就喪失斗志。
He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't likely to crumble under pressure.
他是個經驗豐富、冷酷無情的領導，不會被壓力擊垮。
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N-VAR
酥皮水果甜點
A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
例句
...apple crumble.
酥皮蘋果甜點