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meltdown

/melt-doun/US // ˈmɛltˌdaʊn //UK // (ˈmɛltˌdaʊn) //

熔毁,熔化,融化,熔断

Related Words

devastation毁坏,摧残,破坏,破坏性accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难failure失败,故障,失败者,失效calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难cataclysm大灾变,灾变,灾难性事件,大灾难adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the melting of a significant portion of a nuclear-reactor core due to inadequate cooling of the fuel elements, a condition that could lead to the escape of radiation.
    • : a quickly developing breakdown or collapse: a bond-market meltdown;the meltdown of a marriage.
    • : Informal. a sudden loss of control over one’s feelings or behavior: My toddler had a meltdown when I tried to leave the house.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者cataclysm大灾变,灾变,灾难性事件,大灾难crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难devastation毁坏,摧残,破坏,破坏性disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼alluvion冲积层,冲积物,冲积平原,冲积木blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹contretemps争吵,纠纷,争论,矛盾culmination高潮,顶点,高峰,顶峰curtains窗帘,帘子,帘幕,帷幕denouement结局,结尾,结尾处,终结desolation荒凉,惆怅,荒芜,荒废end结束,终端,结束语,终止fatality致命,遇难者,死亡,遇难finale结局,结束语,结尾,终结篇grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝havoc劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸ill弊病,生病,弊端,错infliction施虐,施暴者,施暴行为,施暴misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运mischance错失良机,错乱,误伤,误解misfortune厄运,祸患,不幸,祸害reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒scourge祸患,祸害,灾祸,灾害stroke行程,抚摸,中风,抚摩termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作upshot结果,结果是waterloo滑铁卢,溜冰场,流浪汉bad luck坏运气,运气不好,厄运,运气不佳bad news坏消息,不好的消息,噩耗,噩耗传来the worst最差的,最糟糕的是,最坏的情况,最糟糕的
Antonyms
advantage优势aid援助assistance援助,协助,帮助,协助工作benefit效益,裨益,补助,效益方面blessing保佑,祝福,护佑,保祐boon蓬勃发展,兴旺,兴隆,兴盛creation创作,创造,创建,创设favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠fortune财富,运气,命运,幸运gain收益,获得,收获,效益good fortune福禄寿,福气,福禄寿喜,福禄good luck好运,好运气,好运连连,好運happiness幸福,幸福感,快乐,欢乐help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的joy快乐,乐趣,喜悦,欢乐miracle神迹,神蹟,神功,神奇peace和平,安宁,平和,和平问题profit利润,盈利,赢利,营利prosperity繁荣,景气度,景气,繁荣度success成功,成功的,成功案例,成功的例子win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得wonder惊叹,想知道,惊奇,奇观beginning开始,初期,开头,起点birth诞生,出生,出生时,诞辰cause原因,导致,原因是,引起comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感commencement开始,启动,展开,生效delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地start开始,启动,开始吧,开启
as inbackset
Synonyms
disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discouragement灰心丧气,气馁,灰心,灰心失望downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落lapse失误,失效,误时,过失relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒
as inemergency
Synonyms
accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重necessity必要性,必需品,必然性,必要tension紧张,张力,紧张局势,紧张关系climax高潮,高潮期,高潮迭起,高潮部分clutch离合器,离合,攥紧,攥住compulsion强迫性,强迫症,强迫,强迫感crossroad十字路口,十字路,横路,十字街depression抑郁症,忧郁症,萧条,郁闷distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰exigency迫切性,紧迫性,迫切需求,危急情况extremity四肢,四肢肢体,四肢发达,四端fix修复,固定,修理,修整hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞impasse僵局,困局,绝境,僵持juncture关口,交接点,关头,接缝处misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运pass通过,通过了,通,通过的pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子plight处境,困境,地步,苦难predicament窘境,困境,困局,窘况pressure压力,压力大,压力大的push推动,促进,推,推进quandary左右为难,纠结,窘境,两难scrape刮削,刮擦,刮刮乐,刮squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出strait窄窄的,狭窄的,窄的,窄窄地urgency迫切性,紧迫性,紧急性,急迫性vicissitude沧桑,沧桑感,沧海桑田,动荡turning point转折点,转捩点,拐点,转点zero hour零时,零小时,零时差,零時

Examples

  • They wouldn’t respond to their meltdowns by holding them down or locking them away, instead of taking the time to figure out what is bothering them.

  • I had to learn to steer clear of high-stimulus activities because they triggered meltdowns, where I am suddenly and uncontrollably overwhelmed to the point of physically acting out, yelling at people or sobbing, often all at once.

  • He built Giga by acquiring several firms and, when the young firm was struggling after the dot-com meltdown in 2000, he sold it for about $60 million to Forrester Research.

  • After the mortgage meltdown of the 2000s, regulators imposed so many new rules and restrictions that banks decided it was better to standardize their operations to avoid any missteps.

  • Executives at Bank of America, like their peers at JPMorgan and Citigroup, credit government stimulus, like the $2 trillion CARES Act, for preventing a meltdown.

  • The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.

  • Last year, it began to recover a bit for the first time since the meltdown—it was logged at $52,100 in June 2013.

  • Then in 2008, the year of the meltdown, it dropped to $53,644.

  • The deficit is down to 2.8 percent of GDP, from a high of 10.1 percent in the wake of the meltdown.

  • But he had his debut as ‘supporting actor in a celebrity meltdown’ way back in 2007 with Britney Spears.

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