| 1. | In the late forties he started to sink .
到四十年代末，他开始衰落了。 |
| 2. | During the journey, their boat began to sink .
途中他们的小船开始下沉。 |
| 3. | To sink under the weight was but to increase the weight .
在困难之中消沉下去就等于增加困难。 |
| 4. | The boat is ready to sink .
这条船就要沉了。 |
| 5. | I felt inclined to sink into the ground with shame !
那阵儿把俺臊的，恨不得有个地缝儿钻进去。 |
| 6. | He was coming to his finest flight, and he wanted it to sink in .
快要到紧要关头了，他要给人以深刻的印象。 |
| 7. | He tries, when philosophizing, to sink the fact of his temperament .
他进行哲学思考时常要把他那气质的事实隐蔽起来。 |
| 8. | The new owners of the estate lands would be forced to sink or swim by themselves .
大庄园的新所有者将不得不沉浮全凭自己。 |
| 9. | She sat at the window, when the sun began to sink behind the smoke .
当太阳在烟雾迷漫的天空消逝掉的时候，她就坐在窗户旁边。 |
| 10. | One would have expected that they two might have therefore been able to sink their differences .
人们曾期待他们俩人能消除彼此的分歧。 |
