meltdown
崩溃
definition
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the 1987 stock market meltdown
a disastrous event, especially a rapid fall in share prices.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial meltdown of the reactor core.
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding.
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All three sell products to a wide range of markets, which helps protect them from a 'meltdown' in any one sector.
But he was saved from a total electoral 'meltdown' by only a handful of votes.
Somewhere along the way, a pipe bursts in the reactor core and 'meltdown' begins.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial 'meltdown' of the reactor core.
A year ago one of the company's nuclear plants came dangerously close to a core 'meltdown' .
Fearing a 'meltdown' , the reactor officer shuts down the submarine's main source of power.
they wondered what could have triggered her 'meltdown'
That's why Yu's comments triggered such angst among those who see the makings of a dollar 'meltdown' .
Lipsio said he took little comfort in knowing that the 'meltdown' at the Palm Beach elections office happened during a trial to help spot such problems.
Some nuclear critics had asserted that a core 'meltdown' would inevitably breach containment.
Will any of the business models that emerged over the past five years survive the 'meltdown' on Wall Street?
The patient also learns how to cope with unavoidable stress without having a 'meltdown' .
In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial 'meltdown' .
the story will revolve around her 'meltdown' following the accident
We asked them to offer practical lessons that they learned from the 'meltdown' .
They show you presentations of how top military bases were hacked and nuclear installations almost brought to 'meltdown' .
First there was the Nasdaq 'meltdown' and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
It's been a long time since I've had a major 'meltdown' , and this time it was just about a puppy.
Like a 'meltdown' in a nuclear power plant, the conflagration now threatens to take the whole examination system down with it.
the global financial system suffered a major 'meltdown'
I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear 'meltdown' .
The last thing a small business needs is a computer 'meltdown' just when it's time to run off the monthly accounts.
Only the most brilliant of chief executives can move the share price and even here the evidence in the face of the dotcom 'meltdown' is scant.
the 1987 stock market 'meltdown'
Even as a result of the only major 'meltdown' , at Three Mile Island in the United States a quarter of a century ago, no lives were lost.
Remember the anticipations of catastrophes brought about by computer 'meltdowns' .
Given this me-too drive to imitate and adore, why are celebrity flame-outs and 'meltdowns' so fascinating?
Over the years, Congress has created one program after another to insure individuals and businesses against a panoply of hazards, from natural disasters to bank failures to nuclear reactor 'meltdowns' .
I'd be the last to whinge about tight deadlines, technology 'meltdowns' , the stress, the strain, the always urgent need to come up with an alternative expression for ‘and the wall did its job.’
Perhaps the most critical lesson learned from last year, however, is the heavy price corporate reputations pay for such 'meltdowns' .
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