plummet

plummet

美 [?pl?m?t] 　英 ['pl?m?t]

• v.暴跌；速降
• n.測錘(釣絲的)墜子；線錘；鉛錘線；錘規
• 網絡驟然跌落；垂直落下；驟降

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例句

Average TV-set prices across the board have continued to plummet this holiday season amid lackluster demand.

這個假日季，電視需求毫無起色，整體均價繼續下跌。

Once [while flying out of] the Miami airport, there was some electrical problem that caused our plane to plummet thousands of feet.

有一次我（坐飛機）離開邁阿密機場，因為電力故障導致飛機跌落了幾千英尺。

Girls brave enough to stand at the top of a tower (ramp), mount a galloping horse, and plummet fifty feet into a pool of water.

女孩勇敢地站在塔頂部（坡道），裝入一個奔馬，暴跌到五十英尺的水池。

Captain Nemo continued to plummet into the dark depths of this forest, whose shrubbery grew ever more sparse.

尼摩船長繼續走人森林中最幽深的地方，沿途樹木漸漸稀少。

How much further can the dollar plummet?

美元還可以跌多少？

Seeing the sun plummet through the sky and the world plunge into darkness, Kratos knew this was not a sign from the Gods.

看著太陽從空中驟然墜落，以及世界頓時陷入一片黑暗，奎托斯意識到，這并不是眾神發出的指引。

The blockage of the sun for an extended period would have caused global temperatures to plummet and photosynthesis to all but ceases.

陽光的長期遮擋將引起全球的氣溫劇降，而且光合作用將完全停止。

In the depth of the crisis, as trade for a while seized up, the region, as one of the most trade-dependent in the world, saw growth plummet.

世界深陷金融危機時，隨著貿易的短暫中止，這個世界上最依賴于貿易的地區之一的經濟增長便出現了大幅下降。

The Shanghai government, which seems confident it has contained the market for the moment, now must ensure prices do not plummet.

上海市政府看來對眼下平抑房價信心十足，但現在還必須確保房價不會暴跌。

Like Obama, Sarkozy arrived with broad support; but he began to plummet just months into his presidency.

如同奧巴馬一樣，薩科齊最初享有廣泛的支持率，但在其總統任期的幾個月內迅速下跌。

And with an astonishing discovery made earlier this year, the cost of superconducting cable might soon plummet further.

由于今年早些時候的一項驚人發現，超導電纜的成本可能很快還會大幅下降。

Bank stocks have continued to plummet since the program was started in mid-October.

自從這個計劃在十月中旬開始以來，銀行股票持續暴跌。

You follow a drop of your own sweat and plummet with it becoming a river, a flash flood, a waterspout, a hurricane.

各位即將跟隨自己身上流出的一滴汗珠，一起墜入河流之中，形成傾盆大雨，搖身變成海龍卷，或是聚集成為颶風。

If selling off those bonds caused their price to plummet, the financial losses to the U. S. would be negligible.

拋售那些債券致使債券價格暴跌，對于美國金融資產的損失可以忽略不計。

Prices always plummet in a price war, often to below the point which can sustain a business.

在價格戰中，價格總是一路走低。最后通常會低于企業的生存線。

In January, Taiwan and the Philippines saw the value of exports plummet by over 40% compared with a year earlier.

與上年同期相比，臺灣和菲律賓1月的出口值劇跌了40%。

So far Canada has largely bucked the trend that has seen hiring levels worldwide plummet this year, especially in the financial sector.

今年，全球范圍內的招聘水平急劇下降。但迄今為止，加拿大在很大程度上頂住了這一勢頭，尤其是在金融業。

Those which did not fail generally saw their shares plummet.

那些未破產機構的股價則普遍跳水。

This time, we will not plummet down and then bounce back comfortably to where we were before it all started.

這一次，我們將不會直線下降繼而舒服地彈回原地，這回的蕭條會有不同尋常的深遠影響。

The word refers to the rapid plummet of women's reproductive hormones around age fifty.

“更年期”一詞指的是五十歲左右的婦女其生殖激素快速下降。

Sometimes the fall is minor, other times you tumble downstairs or plummet off a cliff into a chasm.

這還算輕的，有時甚至是從樓上摔下去，甚至從懸崖摔落到山間裂縫中。

If global warming disrupts these currents, temperatures in these northern areas will plummet and the land might even become covered in ice.

如果全球變暖擾亂了這些水流，這些北部區域的溫度會驟降，甚至會使地面結冰。

Also, the yuan, the Chinese currency unit, does not float freely in global markets, ruling out a drastic plummet.

而且人民幣在全球市場上并非自由浮動，排除了猛跌的可能性。

But as Megan exercised more and, unbeknown to her parents, ate less, her weight began to plummet.

隨著梅根練習得越來越頻繁，而且瞞著父母吃得更少，她的體重開始暴跌。

But as corporate profitability continues to plummet and the global economy worsens , stock-market analysts are waiting for a catalyst.

但是，隨著企業盈利持續下滑和全球經濟惡化，股市分析家們還在等待新的轉機。

The action caused the value of our stock to plummet, and it is still out of favour with investors.

這一行動造成本公司股票價格劇跌，使投資者無意問津。

As Ordos property prices edge down and transaction volumes plummet, sales reps shiver in empty, unheated offices.

隨著鄂爾多斯房價小幅下跌且成交量直線下降，售樓員在空蕩蕩沒有暖氣的辦公室里冷得直打哆嗦。

With the higher duty it glumly estimates that consumption will plummet by 25-35% a year by 2012 rather than return to growth.

在高稅收的影響下，公司悲觀的預測其啤酒銷量到2012年會跳水25-35%，而不是轉為增長。

Dangerous explosive gameplay environments will push you to the edge, will you survive or plummet into the depth of nothingness?

爆炸危險的游戲環境，將推動你到邊緣，你會生存或大跌，進入深入的虛無呢？

Several recent deals have been structured to provide protection to investors should equity values plummet.

最近的一些交易都是從防止股權價值急劇下跌對投資者造成損失的角度來設計的。

Workers bear the risks of the market; many cheer when their accounts rise, but watch in anguish as they plummet.

工人承擔了市場的風險；眾多工人在他們的帳戶資產上漲時歡呼雀躍；而遇到下跌時，各自黯然神傷。

If the United States does not have a cap-and-trade law in place by then, the chance of a global agreement will plummet.

如果屆時美國還沒頒布一個排放限制及交易的法律，那達成全球一致，解決氣候變化問題的可能性也隨即大減。

In the past five years, some of the countries' biggest and most established regional newspapers have seen their circulations plummet.

在過去的5年里，一些國家最大的、最著名的區域性報紙都遭受了發行量急劇下滑的尷尬局面。

Even around the big, high-cost cities, once you move outside the commuter belt, real estate prices plummet.

就是在那些生活成本很高的大城市，只要你搬離上班族居住的地區，房價也會下降很多。

When that happens, virtually all measures of economic dynamism, from gross domestic product per head to labour productivity, will plummet.

到那時，從人均國內生產總值到勞動生產力，所有經濟動態指標，幾乎都將直線下降。

The trade deficit has fallen a little and unless the dollar starts to plummet US officials will welcome that trend.

貿易逆差略有下降，而只要美元沒有急轉直下，美國官方還是歡迎這種趨勢的。

Losers would likely cut their spending by more than gainers would increase their spending, so aggregate demand could plummet.

虧損方削減開支的幅度，可能超出盈利方增加開支的幅度，因此總需求可能直線滑落。

Several companies sought to raise cash by selling their carbon certificates, causing the price of carbon to plummet.

幾家公司已經試圖通過出售其許可證籌集現金，這造成了碳價格的驟然下降。

The economy can plummet and gas prices can skyrocket, but one thing remains constant: Kid-focused businesses are continuing to grow.

經濟可以大跳水，汽油價格可以火箭一樣飆升，但有一樣東西將一成不變：以兒童為中心的生意持續增長。

The odds of developing it increase sharply as people age, but they fall from the age of 84, and plummet from 90 onwards.

在人們變老的時候得癌癥的幾率會急劇增加，但從84歲起這種幾率開始降低，90歲過后則直線下降。