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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Plummeting corporate PC demand saw Lenovo fall far behind Acer in terms of market share.
  商用电脑需求的大幅下滑，导致联想在市场份额上被宏碁远远甩在了后面。
• Prospects in Russia, a previous bright spot, have dimmed given the plummeting rouble.
  曾经是亮点之一的俄罗斯市场，由于卢布大幅贬值而前景暗淡。
• And right now demand for that skill is plummeting.
  但是现在对这种技能的需求骤然下跌。
• 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。
• 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。