汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 土崩瓦解
土崩瓦解
to collapse / to fall apart
瓦解 When making tiles, the clay is first made into a cylindrical shape, broken down into four, that is, tiles, which is a metaphor for the division of things / It was out of control like the earth collapsed and the tiles shattered / The metaphor completely collapsed
也作瓦解土崩”。比喻完全彻底崩溃敌人土崩瓦解,四散逃遁。
bēng jiě/jiè/xiè
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这一地区性集团已土崩瓦解

This regional bloc has fallen apart.

她觉得自己已经支离破碎、土崩瓦解

She felt that she was disintegrating and crumbling.

那么,这一切是否会再一次土崩瓦解

So, can things fall apart again?

她走后不久,所有的事情都土崩瓦解

Soon after she left, everything fell apart.

自2008年经济危机打击下建筑业泡沫已经土崩瓦解

When the crisis hit in 2008 the construction boom was already over.

他们的形象顷刻间土崩瓦解,因为大众不喜欢输不起的人。

And their image can be spoiled in just few seconds. The public doesn't like sore losers.

燕赵三十六骑纵横大漠数十载,不想今日分崩离析土崩瓦解于一旦。

Yan 36 ride to maneuver big Mo several years, don't absence today deteriorate taint to collapse Be broken up to once.

奥巴马的支持者想当然的以为只要他们威胁恫吓一番,华盛顿的旧秩序就能土崩瓦解

Mr. Obama's supporters seem to believe that all they need to do is to huff and puff and the old order in Washington will come tumbling down.

随着学年一天一天地过去,有些学生的沉着冷静开始逐渐土崩瓦解,挫败感开始向上翻涌。

As the school year wears on, some students begin to show cracks in their composure, and frustration bubbles up.

可不久四个人固执己见的个格致使罗斯福时代的“竞争团队”土崩瓦解,沦为相互争吵的小集团。

Soon, however, strong-willed personalities asserted themselves, and this FDR-era "Team of Rivals" dissolved into a bickering bunch.