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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surveillance video shows the34-year-old man plummeting from the building, and bouncing as he hit the ground.
  监控录像显示，这位34岁的男性清洗工从高楼上直线落下，撞到地面后弹了起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Japan has recorded a 30th straight monthly trade deficit, despite a plummeting yen, demonstrating that it is no longer an export-driven economy.
  尽管日元汇率下跌，但日本录得连续第30个月度贸易逆差，表明日本已不再是一个由出口驱动的经济体。
• Left to their own devices, manufacturers could not adjust capacity fast enough to offset plummeting orders.
  凭其自身的力量，台湾制造商无法足够快速地调整产能，以抵消订单暴跌的影响。
• 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。
• 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。