学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2910 crumbling

今天我们要学的词是 crumbling¹。Crumbling形容词，意思是破碎的、崩塌的 。Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have been evacuated², Governor Ricardo Rossello said. 波多黎各总督里卡多·罗赛洛表示，居住在一个崩塌水坝附近的许多居民都已被疏散。Over the last year or two, the city of Saginaw, MI has been forced to tear down a handful of buildings after they began crumbling into the street below. 过去一两年来，密歇根州城市萨吉诺被迫拆毁了一些楼房，这些房子开始往楼下的路上倒塌。好的，我们今天学习的词是crumbling, crumbling, crumbling...

1 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

2 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。