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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's just plummeting to the earth!
  它垂直栽下来了！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the combination of economic pain and plummeting oil prices had a range of effects on countries 'trading positions, depending on how much oil they import and the vulnerability of their exports.
  但经济衰退与油价暴跌这一组合，对各国贸易处境产生了一系列的影响，取决于他们进口多少原油和出口的脆弱程度。