sink in

英 [sɪŋk ɪn]

美 [sɪŋk ɪn]

终于被充分理解; 终于被完全领悟

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 终于被充分理解;终于被完全领悟
  When a statement or factsinks in, you finally understand or realize it fully.
  1. The implication took a while to sink in.
     其中的含意要花点时间才能完全领会。

英英释义

verb

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  1. It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
  2. she was penetrated with sorrow
  Synonym:clickget throughdawncome homeget acrosspenetratefall into place
• pass through
  1. Water permeates sand easily
  Synonym:percolatepermeatefilter

双语例句

• I think I saw a can of cleanser by the sink in the coat room, I said as I raced to find it.
  我想我在更衣室的水槽边看到过一罐清洁剂，我一边说一边跑过去找到了这罐清洁剂。
• He paused to let the irony of this sink in.
  他停顿一下，以便让大家领会其中的讽刺意味。
• To sink in status or dignity, or worsen in condition.
  地位或尊严降低，或者条件恶化。
• It took a week for it to sink in that his mother had died.
  大约过了一个星期，他才明白过来他母亲已经死了。
• The implication took a while to sink in.
  其中的含意要花点时间才能完全领会。
• Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in
  任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。
• The warning failed to sink in, and he got into trouble as a consequence.
  他没理解那个警告，因此惹上了麻烦。
• Sink in the estimation of one's friends The water droplets in the clouds quickly become larger and heaver.
  在朋友中人缘越来越差云中的水滴很快地变得越来越大，越来越沉。
• There is a sink in the kitchen.
  在厨房里有一个洗涤槽。
• But on some trading desks, the possibility of a default is starting to sink in.
  但在一些交易席位，违约的可能性正在开始渗入。