单词 | plummet |
释义 | plummet (plʌmɪt ) Word forms: plummets , plummeting , plummeted 1. verb If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount. [journalism] In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day. [VERB] His popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks. [VERB + to] The shares have plummeted from 130p to 2.25p in the past year. [V + from/to/by] 2. verb If someone or something plummets, they fall very fast towards the ground, usually from a great height. The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground. [VERB preposition] The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment. [VERB preposition] Collocations: morale plummets When a snowstorm begins and traffic grinds to a halt, morale plummets. Times, Sunday Times Sources said 1,000 staff are needed, with ten to 15 leaving each week as morale plummets. The Sun Neither fighting nor demobilised, morale plummets and courts-martial begin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It comes a week after the electronic components firm saw its shares plummet on the back of declining first-half revenues amid tough market conditions. Times, Sunday Times Investors have seen the low-cost airline's shares plummet by 80 per cent this year due to the bird strikes. The Sun Shares plummeted as fear spread through the financial system. Times, Sunday Times Shares plummeted 17 per cent to 42p. The Sun Shares plummeted by a fifth last week when it admitted that it had not made any progress on a farm-out deal and that its drilling plans had been delayed. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 暴跌数量、比率、价格 Japanese: 急降下する |
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