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

• 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。
• It's just plummeting to the earth!
  它垂直栽下来了！
• But plummeting stock prices are spurring normally docile shareholders to rebel.
  但股价暴跌正促使平常温顺的股东开始反抗。
• This was largely due to plummeting energy and commodity prices, but will do nothing to dispel fears about potential deflation.
  这在很大程度上是由于能源与大宗商品价格直线下跌，但却无法驱散对于可能出现通货紧缩的忧虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the combination of economic pain and plummeting oil prices had a range of effects on countries 'trading positions, depending on how much oil they import and the vulnerability of their exports.
  但经济衰退与油价暴跌这一组合，对各国贸易处境产生了一系列的影响，取决于他们进口多少原油和出口的脆弱程度。
• Today, the concern has shifted to maintaining growth in the face of plummeting exports and asset prices.
  今天，中国人的关注点已转到在出口和资产价格暴跌之时保持经济增长上。
• Chinese carriers have been hit by plummeting passenger numbers and huge losses from jet fuel hedging operations following the steep fall in global oil prices.
  乘客数量的直线下降，以及国际油价暴跌之后航油对冲操作所造成的巨额亏损，对中国的航空公司造成了冲击。