sink in the scale
基本解释
- 降级,降低地位
英汉例句
- The scale of the tragedy gradually sank in.
这一悲惨事件涉及的范围已逐渐完全清楚了。 - I doubted I had taken a step which sank instead of raising me in the scale of social existence.
我怀疑我所跨出的一步不是提高而是降低了自己的社会地位。
3g.en8848.com.cn - The Joola sank in the 21st century, when such grand scale maritime disasters are entirely preventable .
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