英 /ˈmeltdaʊn/,美 /ˈmeltdaʊn/
核反应堆堆芯熔毁:指核反应堆核心因系统故障导致严重过热,核心熔化并释放辐射的事故。
例:Scientists warned that emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.(科学家警告说紧急冷却系统可能失灵,核反应堆堆芯熔毁可能会发生。)
(公司、机构或系统的)突然崩溃:比喻事物突然且彻底的失败或垮台。
例:Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.(紧急谈判正在进行中,以防止市场在夏天陷入金融崩溃。)
情绪突然失控:指人情绪上的崩溃或失控。
例:In the case that I do melt down, please don't try to help!(在我完全崩溃的情形下,请不要尝试帮助我!)
financial meltdown:金融危机;经济下滑
nuclear meltdown:核反应堆堆芯熔毁(同义词)
MERCURY MELTDOWN:水银融化(游戏名称)
Polar meltdown:极地冰融
Experts have not ruled out the possibility of a complete meltdown.(专家们还没有排除反应炉核心完全熔毁的可能性。)
The current global meltdown owes much to macroeconomic imbalances.(目前的全球危机很大程度上归罪于宏观经济的失衡。)
The housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.(房地产市场的崩溃将使他们更难通过卖房在资金上维持分居后的生活。)
The reactors began to explode and melt down.(反应堆发生了爆炸和融毁。)
After several corporate meltdowns, only two reporters remain in the bureau.(经历了几次公司垮台后,分局只剩下了两名记者。)
A meltdown on the New York Stock Exchange.(纽约股票交易所的低迷期。)
He sees a bright side to the financial meltdown that has smacked the US.(他看见了给予美国打击的经济下滑乐观的一面。)
If markets push them into insolvency, the euro zone would melt down.(若市场变化令其无法偿债,欧元区将解体。)
Once electricity is lost, the irradiated nuclear fuel could begin to melt down.(一旦电力用完,辐照核燃料会逐渐融化。)
Many of the gold ornaments were melted down to be made into coins.(很多黄金饰物回炉后铸成了金币。)
复数形式:meltdowns
发音注意:口语中常吞音,读作 /ˈmeldaʊn/(省略字母“t”的发音)。
特殊领域含义:在计算机安全领域,“Meltdown”指2018年发现的CPU设计漏洞,利用乱序执行和缓存侧信道攻击获取敏感数据。
从核反应堆的物理熔毁到经济系统的崩溃,“meltdown”始终描述着一种失控的灾难性过程。你还能想到