This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

这种怪癖被称为“沉没成本谬误”。

Her fright and concern sunk her down in a deep swoon.

恐惧和担心使她昏厥在地。

Harry felt as though his stomach had sunk through the dusty carpet.

哈利觉得他心似乎一下子沉到肮脏地毯下面去了。

I'm glad that talk really sunk in.

我很高兴你把昨话听进去了。

Hermione had sunk to the floor in fright.

赫敏吓呆了，扑通瘫倒在地板上。

The Akagi was sunk on June 5th, 1942.

赤城号于1942年6月5日沉没。

You sunk about $200 million of your own money into this.

你把自己2亿美元都投进去了。

So has the significance of that sunk in for you?

你觉得对你而言，其中意义是什么？

Japan has sunk an impressive amount of money into these games.

日本在此次奥运会中投入了大量资金。

My heart just sunk, it felt like I lost a child.

我心一沉，就像失去了一个孩子。

But isn't Alantis supposed to have sunk in the water, not in the sand?

但是，阿兰提斯不是应该沉在水里，而不是沙子里吗？

Over the last century, the city has sunk six inches.

在过去一个世纪里，这座城市已经下沉了六英寸。

Two French battleships are heavily damaged. And one, the Bretagne, is sunk.

两艘法国战舰遭受重创，其中一艘布列塔尼号沉没了。

You've sunk one of my subs, Captain.

你击沉了我一艘潜艇，舰长。

Good shot, Mr. Carreidas, a destroyer sunk by 3 direct hits!

打得好，卡雷达斯先，三发全中，击沉了我一艘驱逐舰。

Many ships have sunk in the waters around the islands over the centuries.

几个世纪以来，许多船只在岛屿周围水域中沉没。

76 years after it was sunk in the Second World War.

距离其在二战中沉没已有76年之久。

“Who is it? ” said Madam Hooch, who had sunk, weak-kneed, into a chair.

“是谁？”霍琦夫人双膝一软，瘫坐在一把椅子里。

Other studies have postulated that the sunk cost effect can be explained by loss aversion.

其他研究假设，沉没成本效应可以用损失规避来解释。

And the iron monster was sunk to keep it from falling into Union hands.

为了防止这艘巨型铁船落入联邦军手中，联盟国士兵将其击沉。