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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A bigger long-term worry is the plummeting price of digital storage.
  就长期而言，数据存储服务不断下降的价格更值得担心。
• Markets turned up the pressure on European leaders ahead of a crunch summit on Thursday, with bank shares plummeting and Italian and Spanish borrowing costs hitting euro-era records.
  银行股大幅下挫，意大利和西班牙的借款成本触及欧元时代以来的纪录水平。这种市场形势让欧洲领导人在周四紧急峰会召开之前背负上了更大的压力。
• The country's airline industry has been buffeted by falling passenger numbers and huge hedging losses caused by plummeting oil prices, with China Eastern the worst performer of the major carriers.
  近来，中国航空业受到乘客人数不断下降和油价暴跌所造成的巨额对冲亏损的打击，其中中国东航在大型航空公司中表现最差。
• 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 news of plummeting stock prices dismayed speculators.
  股票价格骤然下跌的消息使股民大为失望。