sink in
idiom逐渐被理解；深入人心
It took a moment for the news to sink in.
过了一会儿，这个消息才逐渐被人理解。
消沉；沮丧；体力不支
sinking — present participle of sink
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消沉；沮丧；体力不支
to become sad, discouraged, or weak; to lose strength
The water level in the swimming pool sank quickly because there was a leak.
泳池里的水位很快下降了，因为有漏水。
减少或使减少。
To diminish or be diminished.
感到压抑或沮丧；体力不支。
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
水量减少,如河流；消退；体积或视在高度变小。
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
sink
Base
原形
sinks
3rd person
第三人称单数
sinking
-ing
现在分词
sank
Past
过去式
sunk
Past participle
过去分词
The ship sinks slowly.
船慢慢下沉。
The stone sank to the bottom.
石头沉到了底部。
The sun has sunk below the horizon.
太阳已经落到了地平线以下。
sink是不规则动词，过去式和过去分词分别为sank和sunk。
Temperatures often sink below 0°C here in winter.
这里的冬天温度经常降到零度以下。
His confidence sank after he failed the driving test again.
再次没考过驾照后，他的信心一下子低落了。
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逐渐被理解；深入人心
It took a moment for the news to sink in.
过了一会儿，这个消息才逐渐被人理解。
成败全靠自己；孤注一掷
Nobody is going to help you now; it's sink or swim.
现在没人会帮你，成败全靠你自己。
全身心投入；认真做某事
She couldn't wait to sink her teeth into the new project.
她迫不及待地全身心投入这个新项目。
击沉俾斯麦号！
A line from the 1960 song 'Sink the Bismarck' by Johnny Horton, about the British pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. The phrase became a popular cultural reference for the wartime event.
出自约翰尼·霍顿1960年的歌曲《击沉俾斯麦号》，讲述1941年英国追猎并击沉德国战列舰‘俾斯麦号’的故事。这句话成为该海战事件的文化标志。
他们像铅块一样沉入浩瀚的海水。
From the Song of Moses in the Book of Exodus (Exodus 15:10), this verse describes the drowning of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. It is a famous biblical image of sinking.
出自《出埃及记》第15章第10节的摩西之歌，描述了埃及军队沉入红海的场景，是《圣经》中关于‘沉没’的著名形象。
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想象水槽(sink)里的水慢慢流走，水面下降、东西沉底，正对应“减少、消退、消沉”的意思。
语域：neutral 常见场景：financial reports、statistics and data discussions、environmental descriptions (e.g., river levels, volume) 这里取“减少、降低”这一义项。sink 在此义上通常属于中性偏正式的动词，多用于书面或较正式的口语中，如市场数据下降、水位消退等；日常口语里更常见的是 go down 或 drop。
sink 既可作及物动词（使下沉）也可作不及物动词（下沉）
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