meltdown

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melt·down /ˈmeltdaʊn/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1. TPa very dangerous situation in which the material inside a nuclear reactor melts and burns through its container, allowing radioactivity to escape 〔造成放射性物质逸出的〕核反应堆堆芯熔毁

2 a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economic situation becomes much weaker 〔价格的〕暴跌；〔行业或经济的〕崩溃

The stock market crash might lead to financial meltdown.

证券市场狂跌可能会引发金融灾难。

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meltdown• She raised a flipper-clawed foot, and a shadow the size of a meltdown scar fell over the busy-armed figure.• If foot and mouth can not be contained, it could precipitate a meltdown in the industry.• The mass of uranium soon becomes so hot that it melts and disperses, a phenomenon called meltdown.• Nastiness is only really relevant when there is a threat of social and economic meltdown.• If benefit systems hit meltdown, it's the specialist short-term associations that get hit hardest and quickest.• a global moral meltdown

From Longman Business Dictionary

meltdownmelt·down /ˈmeltdaʊn/ noun [singular]ECONOMICS

a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economy becomes much weaker

A near meltdown in overseas stock markets sent U.S. prices plunging for the third consecutive day.

The situation is serious, but new measures have been introduced aimed at preventing a financial meltdown.

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