phrasal verbphr vUNDERSTANDREALIZEif information, facts etc sink in, you gradually understand them or realize their full meaning 〔信息、事實等〕逐漸被充分理解
He paused a moment for his words to sink in.
他停頓了片刻,好讓人充分理解他的話。
The implications of Labour’s defeat were beginning to sink in.
人們開始意識到工黨敗選所帶來的影響。
Examples from the Corpus
sink in• He paused to let this newssink in.• I've been revising all day but I don't think much of it has sunk in.• The news of the President's assassination had only just begun to sink in.• Winning this tournamentmeans so much to me. It hasn't really sunk in yet.