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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2014-05-04 16:58:10 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 44730 - submitted by 'goldyn_chyld' >> GF: ①动 挤压使坍塌。 拥挤的人群把货摊挤垮了。 ②动 比喻以激烈的竞争使倒闭或解体。 不思进取，最终就会被挤垮。 In food retailing, chain grocery stores have become dominant, drive out many small businesses. 在食品零售业中，联号食品杂货商店占统治地位，挤垮了许多小商店。 But the small farmers were soon forced out and plantations reformed with a system of tenant labor. 但很快，小农户又被挤垮，大型种植园以佃农劳动形式恢复了。 -------------- came across this word in a short story by 白先勇 recently: "金家的排場素日最是闊綽，這回這種天大的喜事那個不想來湊湊熱鬧，沾沾光；所以金家這幾天來大門都差不多擠垮了。" ^^here it's more like "full to bursting, "jam-packed" or so... |
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+ 擠垮 挤垮 [ji3 kua3] /to squash sth until it collapses/to squeeze out of business/to drive out/ |