1.弄碎,粉碎
2.破碎;崩溃,溃散;灭亡,消灭
1.to break something into very small pieces, or to be broken into very small pieces; if something hard such as stone or a brick crumbles or crumbles away, parts of it fall off because it is very old or damaged
2.to stop existing or being effective
1.Investors are trying to find pockets of safety in a world where the financial system appears to be slowly crumbling.
投资者正试图在一个金融体系似乎正缓慢坍塌的世界里，找出一个安全地带。
2.On this summer evening in 2008, Peterson was a homebuilder trying to hang on to his business in a crumbling market.
在2008年的这个夏夜，皮特森在几近崩溃的市场里努力撑住建筑设计师的事业。
3.Even so, Boosaaso is still a crumbling, broke, rough-and-tumble place, decaying after years of neglect like so much of war-ravaged Somalia.
即便如此，布萨阿索依然是一个日益破碎、濒临破产、粗陋衰败的地方，就和饱经战乱的索马里一样被世人年复一年地遗忘。
4.The global financial system, which had fueled a great expansion of capitalism and trade across the world, was crumbling.
全球金融系统曾经为资本主义的扩张和全球性贸易发展提供了强大的动力，但是在2008年年底却处于崩溃的边缘。
5.The unease has been so intense that even the long-standing cross-party consensus on nuclear power seems to be crumbling.
法国人感到强烈不安，甚至于两党在核能问题上的长期共识似乎也开始分崩离析。
6.Several diplomats said the pan-African body appeared to be siding with the crumbling Gadhafi government.
一些外交界人士说，这个泛非洲组织看来是站在崩溃的卡扎菲这一边。
7.There was an avenue of eucalyptus, and behind it a rose garden with crumbling walls around it.
有一条桉树大道，其后是一座被岩块剥落的石墙环绕着的玫瑰园。
8.Nothing but the sickness and death he felt surrounded by . . . And yet, at the very moment that the world was crumbling, he was alive.
只剩下疾病和死亡正四下里包围着他，宛若触手可及……然而就在世界分崩离析的这一刻，他却拥有着生命。
9.'This is a significant blow for the regime, which looks as if it is crumbling from within, ' said one British official.
一位英国官员说，这对卡扎菲政府是重大的打击，其看起来好像正在从内部分崩离析。
10.Kita: Thousands of years ago, the streets were lit and our people did not have to scavenge for food at the edge of the crumbling city!
姬塔：几千年以前，这里的街道灯火辉煌，我们的人民不用在这日渐败落的城市里以腐食为生。