plummeting

英 [ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ]

v.  暴跌; 速降
plummet的现在分词

现在分词：plummeting　

BNC.41676 / COCA.24227

柯林斯词典

• VERB （数量、比率或价格）骤然下跌，暴跌
  If an amount, rate, or priceplummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.
  1. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...
     东京股价已连续第6天猛跌。
  2. The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...
     首相的支持率在近几个星期已骤跌至前所未有的低点。
  3. The shares have plummeted from 130p to 2.25p in the past year.
     在过去的一年里，股票已从130便士暴跌到2.25便士。
• VERB （通常指从高处）快速落下，陡直掉下
  If someone or somethingplummets, they fall very fast towards the ground, usually from a great height.
  1. The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground...
     这架喷气式飞机突然着火，急速坠地。
  2. The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment.
     车子在弯道处失去控制，一头扎下堤岸。

双语例句

• It's just plummeting to the earth!
  它垂直栽下来了！
• The cold snap is expected to bring strong winds to China, sending temperatures plummeting.
  这股冷空气预计会带来大风天气并使温度骤降。
• Plummeting demand has only moderated due to stimulus policies and zero interest rates. Neither is sustainable.
  需求的直线下降只是凭借政府刺激措施和零利率才有所缓解；而两者都不可持续。
• He says the benefits from lower fuel prices are overshadowed by falling demand and plummeting revenues.
  他说，燃油价格下跌带来的好处被需求下降和收入减少所抵销。
• A plummeting dollar could complicate China's already touchy relationship with the U.S., causing it to retaliate economically.
  美元暴跌可能会使已经敏感的中美关系复杂化，并让中国对美国实施经济报复。
• Normally the brain's respiration center will detect the plummeting when levels and make baby breathe deeper.
  通常，大脑的呼吸中枢探测到氧气水平的下降时，会加深婴儿的呼吸。
• In one year, 1997, it spiked sharply by almost 400 per cent, before plummeting in 1998.
  其中有一年，1997年，平均价格指数上涨了近400%，然后在1998年直线回落。
• In spite of its plummeting share price, Facebook has oodles of cash from its recent stockmarket flotation.
  尽管脸谱网股价暴跌，但近期的上市使得它有大笔现金入帐。
• As if to prove the point, the China-Japan summit appears to have done nothing for Mr Fukuda's approval ratings, which are plummeting.
  本次中日首脑会面似乎没有对福田正在直线下滑的支持率造成任何影响，这一现象恰好验证了这一观点。
• Ditto for China, which stopped the gradual appreciation of the renminbi against the dollar in July 2008 but still could not prevent exports plummeting.
  同样，中国虽然在2008年7月停止了人民币对美元逐步升值，却仍无法阻止出口下滑。