sinking

Far off to the west the sun was sinking.

远处夕阳西下。

He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.

他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。

The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire.

政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

教育不应要求孩子放弃快乐,而应引导他们从新事物中寻找快乐，比如用阅读小说代替玩小人玩具,用做实验代替把杯子沉到浴缸里,用严肃的辩论代替无稽之谈。

The captain refused to leave his sinking ship while there were others on board.

在船上还有其他人的时候,船长不肯离开正在下沉的船.

"Don't you understand?" I moaned, sinking dramatically to my knees.

“难道你不懂吗？”我呻吟着，猛然跪倒在地。

Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.

无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉.

The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.

派出了救生艇去营救沉船上的船员.

He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.

他内心深处突然有一种不祥之感。

(figurative)The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation) .

政府在泥潭中越陷越深。

She watched him go with a sinking heart.

她心情沉重地看着他走了。

Send out a distress signal; the ship is sinking.

发出求救信号吧, 船正在下沉.

The prices are sinking.

物价下跌了.

In course of sinking the well-shaft they came upon a deposit of a very rare mineral.

他们在凿井的过程中,发现了一处稀有矿物矿床.

The sun is gradually sinking below the horizon.

太阳正徐徐地沉入地平线下.

The sun was sinking in the west.

太阳西坠。

We struggled against the surging tide to keep the boat from sinking.

我们与汹涌的波涛搏斗使船不沉没。

Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.

为了营救下沉渡轮上的旅客，各类船只都被临时征用了。

The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.

敌军的士气日益低落.

Those who take pleasure in America's discomfort point out that this global economic colossus has become shackled to the world's largest pile of international debt and pulled down by a sinking currency.

那些以美国痛苦为乐的人指出，这个世界经济巨人正背负着世界最大规模的国际债务，并被日渐疲软的美元所拖垮。

The two men were winched out of the sinking boat by an RAF helicopter.

那两名男子被皇家空军的直升机从正在下沉的小船里吊了出来。

Also known as a sinking galliwasp, it grew to around 60 centimters ( 2 ft) long and terrified locals.

它们也被称作“下沉的巨蜥”，牙买加巨草蜥可长至60厘米，而这造成了当地人的恐惧。

The sinking of the tanker has made aspects of marine pollution particularly topical.

油轮的沉没使得海洋污染的方方面面都成为眼下大家尤为关注的热点话题。

Long pauses, heart sinking ．

在长时间的停顿中,心在逐渐下沉。

I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her.

我开始有一种永远也摆脱不了她的沮丧情绪。

The sun was now sinking, a fiery ball of light in the west.

西边的太阳像一个发光的火球正在下沉。

It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation.

他很难意识到她的存在；他一直沉浸在沮丧中。

The lifeboat crashed against the side of the sinking ship.

救生船撞上了那艘正在下沉的船的侧身。

There is a gleam of luminous gold , where the sinking western sun has found a first direct interstice in the clouds.

从西落太阳在云层里发现的一个直接空隙处,透出一缕金光.

If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.

如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。