• n. 下沉；沉淀；陷沒

subside,沉降，下陷，-ence,名詞后綴。

subsidence (n.)

1650s, "a settling to the bottom," from Latin subsidentia "a settling down," from subsidens, from subsidere (see subside (v.)).

1. A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.

一名勘測員說是地面下陷導(dǎo)致了這些問題出現(xiàn)，房子需要加固地基。

來自柯林斯例句

2. In more than 30 years of surveying he has never yet known a building to collapse because of subsidence.

他做房屋評估工作都30多年了，還從未聽說過哪一座房子由于地基下陷而倒塌的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Now every sound ceased suddenly with the subsidence of Mr. Walter's voice.

隨著華爾特先生的聲音平息下來的時候,一切聲音都突然停止了.

來自辭典例句

4. Subsidence may be the critical factor in managing a ground water reservoir.

地面沉降在管理地下水盆地的工作中可以算是一個關(guān)鍵性因素.

來自辭典例句

5. The supply of sedment is insufficient to offset the rate of subsidence.

沉積物的補(bǔ)給不足以抵償沉降的速率.

來自辭典例句