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

• 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。
• I looked up, saw the kite plummeting toward us.
  我抬头，望见风筝正朝我们一头扎下来。
• 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。
• The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
  改革的必要性由于银行利润的暴跌而凸显。
• 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。
• It's just plummeting to the earth!
  它垂直栽下来了！
• 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。
• 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。
• The announcement of the fall in profits sent the company's share price plummeting.
  利润下降的公告使公司的股价大幅下跌。
• 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。