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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。