plummet

plummet

美 [ˈplʌmɪt] 　英 ['plʌmɪt]

• v.暴跌；速降
• n.测锤(钓丝的)坠子；线锤；铅锤线；锤规
• 网络骤然跌落；垂直落下；骤降

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

这个假日季，电视需求毫无起色，整体均价继续下跌。

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（坐飞机）离开迈阿密机场，因为电力故障导致飞机跌落了几千英尺。

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.

女孩勇敢地站在塔顶部（坡道），装入一个奔马，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.

尼摩船长继续走人森林中最幽深的地方，沿途树木渐渐稀少。

How much further can the dollar plummet?

美元还可以跌多少？

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

看着太阳从空中骤然坠落，以及世界顿时陷入一片黑暗，奎托斯意识到，这并不是众神发出的指引。

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

阳光的长期遮挡将引起全球的气温剧降，而且光合作用将完全停止。

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.

世界深陷金融危机时，随着贸易的短暂中止，这个世界上最依赖于贸易的地区之一的经济增长便出现了大幅下降。

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

上海市政府看来对眼下平抑房价信心十足，但现在还必须确保房价不会暴跌。

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

如同奥巴马一样，萨科齐最初享有广泛的支持率，但在其总统任期的几个月内迅速下跌。

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

由于今年早些时候的一项惊人发现，超导电缆的成本可能很快还会大幅下降。

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

自从这个计划在十月中旬开始以来，银行股票持续暴跌。

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

各位即将跟随自己身上流出的一滴汗珠，一起坠入河流之中，形成倾盆大雨，摇身变成海龙卷，或是聚集成为飓风。

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

抛售那些债券致使债券价格暴跌，对于美国金融资产的损失可以忽略不计。

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

在价格战中，价格总是一路走低。最后通常会低于企业的生存线。

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

与上年同期相比，台湾和菲律宾1月的出口值剧跌了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，全球范围内的招聘水平急剧下降。但迄今为止，加拿大在很大程度上顶住了这一势头，尤其是在金融业。

Those which did not fail generally saw their shares plummet.

那些未破产机构的股价则普遍跳水。

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

这一次，我们将不会直线下降继而舒服地弹回原地，这回的萧条会有不同寻常的深远影响。

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

“更年期”一词指的是五十岁左右的妇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.

这还算轻的，有时甚至是从楼上摔下去，甚至从悬崖摔落到山间裂缝中。

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

如果全球变暖扰乱了这些水流，这些北部区域的温度会骤降，甚至会使地面结冰。

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

而且人民币在全球市场上并非自由浮动，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.

随着梅根练习得越来越频繁，而且瞒着父母吃得更少，她的体重开始暴跌。

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

但是，随着企业盈利持续下滑和全球经济恶化，股市分析家们还在等待新的转机。

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

这一行动造成本公司股票价格剧跌，使投资者无意问津。

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

随着鄂尔多斯房价小幅下跌且成交量直线下降，售楼员在空荡荡没有暖气的办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.

在高税收的影响下，公司悲观的预测其啤酒销量到2012年会跳水25-35%，而不是转为增长。

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

爆炸危险的游戏环境，将推动你到边缘，你会生存或大跌，进入深入的虚无呢？

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

最近的一些交易都是从防止股权价值急剧下跌对投资者造成损失的角度来设计的。

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

工人承担了市场的风险；众多工人在他们的帐户资产上涨时欢呼雀跃；而遇到下跌时，各自黯然神伤。

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

如果届时美国还没颁布一个排放限制及交易的法律，那达成全球一致，解决气候变化问题的可能性也随即大减。

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

在过去的5年里，一些国家最大的、最著名的区域性报纸都遭受了发行量急剧下滑的尴尬局面。

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，只要你搬离上班族居住的地区，房价也会下降很多。

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

到那时，从人均国内生产总值到劳动生产力，所有经济动态指标，几乎都将直线下降。

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

贸易逆差略有下降，而只要美元没有急转直下，美国官方还是欢迎这种趋势的。

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

亏损方削减开支的幅度，可能超出盈利方增加开支的幅度，因此总需求可能直线滑落。

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

几家公司已经试图通过出售其许可证筹集现金，这造成了碳价格的骤然下降。

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

经济可以大跳水，汽油价格可以火箭一样飙升，但有一样东西将一成不变：以儿童为中心的生意持续增长。

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

在人们变老的时候得癌症的几率会急剧增加，但从84岁起这种几率开始降低，90岁过后则直线下降。