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sinking /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/► SEE ALL(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship(get/have) a/that sinking feelingwith a heavy/sinking heart
●(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ˈship (humorous, disapproving) used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left （像老鼠）纷纷逃离将要沉没的船；树倒猢狲散◆One by one, employees began looking for other jobs, like rats deserting a sinking ship.
树倒猢狲散，雇员们纷纷开始寻找其他工作。◆I might have known he’d be the first rat to desert this sinking ship!
我本该知道这里一旦有难他比谁跑得都快！●(get/have) a/that ˈsinking feeling (informal) a feeling that sth bad has happened/is going to happen （有）不祥之感，不安的感觉◆Most people know that sinking feeling you get when a bill arrives in the post.
大多数人都体会过那种一见到账单寄来就会有的沉重感。●with a ˌheavy/ˌsinking ˈheartwith a feeling of sadness or fear 悲哀地；害怕地◆It was with a heavy heart that he left the school for the last time.他最后一次离开学校时心情十分沉重。 OPP with a light heart |