Put some stars and planets on the stage, and it sags underneath them.

如把一些星球放到这个舞台上，舞台就会在它们之下下陷。

Just as you step onto the sagging front porch, the door creaks open.

当正踏上下陷的前廊时，屋子的们嘎吱一声开了。

The seafloor kept sinking, and its significantly steeper slope took us to greater depths.

地面总是往下陷，斜度更是明显，把我们拉到最深的海底。

The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep is the gradual settling down of the land surface.

从这一深度取水最大问题就是陆地表面会逐渐下陷。

Sometimes sinkholes are smaller, they might cause the ground to sag or cause a small pound form.

有时天坑较小, 这可能会导致地面下陷或造成一个小部分塌陷。

He was falling – or rather, slowly sinking – down through the place where the floor should have been.

他正在下坠——或者更确切地说，慢慢地往下陷——穿过本该是地板的地方。

Imagine walking and then sinking slowly into the ground until you're stuck.

想象一下，正走着走着，地面缓缓下陷，直到被困住弹不得。

Its long legs and feet carried it across the sand without sinking.

它那长长的腿和脚让它在沙地上行走而不下陷。

And they started to notice because the field started to sag in a certain area.

而且他们开始注意到，因为那片田地的某个区域开始下陷了。

It can also be a place where the ground suddenly goes down very quickly, sometimes vertically.

它也可能是地面突然快速下陷的地方，有时是垂直下陷。

Areas that are kind of sinking in a little where the children jump a bit too much.

孩子们跳得太多的地方地面有点下陷。

And imagine if you jump up and down and stand in place, you'll sink a little bit.

想象一下，如地跳上跳下或站着不，会稍微下陷一点。

And after a while, the warehouse wasn't really built for that much weight and the floor started sagging.

过了一段时间，仓库的结构其实承受不了这么大的重量，地板开始下陷了。

Because your arch drops as well, because you lose collagen in the arch, so your feet change shape.

因为的足弓也会下陷，由于足弓处胶蛋白流失，导致的脚型发生变化。

A small armchair, upholstered in beige fabric, sat in the corner, its sagging seat testament to previous exhausted occupants.

一个小型扶手椅， 用米色布料包裹， 放在角落里，它那下陷的座位见证了之前疲惫的使用者。

Tynan hangs from the second of five buoy balls on the second ascent, right where the ground drops out.

蒂南挂在第二轮攀爬中的五个浮球中的第二个，正是地面突然下陷的地方。

Starting in the 1930s, water was pumped out from underground to support industrial development, compacting the earth and causing the city to subside.

从 20 世纪 30 年代开始，为了支持工业发展，人们从地下抽水，压实了土地，导致城市下陷。

Within 75 years, most houses' supporting beams have rotted and sagged, and the resulting collapsed heap is now home to local rodents and lizards.

在75年内，大多数房屋的支撑梁都会腐烂并下陷，由此产生的坍塌的堆积物现在都成为了当地啮齿物和蜥蜴的家园。

" Anything that moves, you're on your last nerve, " said Anchorage resident Lyn Matthews, whose home suffered structural damage, including a sunken foundation.

" 任何东西移，都会让精神紧张。" 安克雷奇居民林·马修斯说道，马修斯的家遭到了结构性破坏，地基出现了下陷。

Having been forced down under the land, some of the slabs of melting sea floor continue to fall, their weight pulling more sea floor behind them.

在被挤压到大地下面以后，一些熔化的海床会继续下沉，它们的重量牵拉了更多的海床一同下陷。