v. (把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的现在分词 );衰落;坍塌;损坏
He siphoned $1.2 billion from his companies to prop up his crumbling media empire.
他从他所有的公司抽调12亿美元用来支持他摇摇欲坠的媒体王国。
It´s especially vulnerable to light damage, and by the mid-1990s, Gilardi´s pumpkins, roses, and other figures were splitting and crumbling.
它特别容易受到光照的破坏,到20世纪90年代中期,吉拉迪的南瓜、玫瑰和其他雕塑都出现了开裂和破碎。
As emergency services picked through the burnt debris, a row was resurfacing over accusations that the beloved cathedral, immortalised in Victor Hugo´s novel, was already, crumbling before the fire.
当紧急救援人员在燃烧的废墟中仔细搜寻时,一场争论又再次甚嚣尘上,人们指责这座在维克多·雨果的小说中受人爱戴的不朽大教堂,在火灾发生前就已经摇摇欲坠。
The cliff is gradually crumbling away.
峭壁正在逐渐崩坍。
Much of the coastline is crumbling away.
多处海岸线正在垮塌。