英语释义

• drop sharply;

  "The stock market plummeted"

• the metal bob of a plumb line

片语

gravity weight铅锤

plummet popularity垂直落下

sinker(Sinker)人名；(英)辛克

plummet to下降到

Penguin Plummet企鹅跳水

roof plummet顶点对点器

Method plummet锤测法

Plummet Fittings铅锤配件包

laser plummet激光垂準仪

lead plummet铅垂球

英汉例句

• after diligent effort, players routinely see their 「brain age」 plummet from, say, a sluggish 60 to a taut 30.

  通过勤奋的努力，游戏者将可以看到他们的「大脑年龄」骤降，比如从反应迟缓的60岁降到反应敏锐的30岁。

• 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。

• having seen his popularity plummet since the dispute began, chile’s beleaguered centre-right president, sebastián pi?era, is trying to deflect the education debate into one about law and order.

  智利右派总统塞巴斯蒂安?皮涅拉处境糟糕，看着自己支持率骤降，他正试图将教育问题的辩论转向有关法律秩序的议题。

• in recent years, the world’s innovative drug giants have seen research productivity plummet even as the costs of research have soared.

  最近几年，世界创新药巨头已发现，在研发成本剧增之时研发生产率却骤降。

• 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癥的几率会急剧增加，但从84岁起这种几率开始降低，90岁过后则直线下降。

• ever since we worked with the mis department to develop an online quality control program, we`ve seen defect rated plummet and reliability rates soar.

  自从我们跟信息部开发出一套在线质量控制程序以来.不合格率亦将下降.可信度也快速提升.

• now water tables plummet in countries harboring half the world's population.

  现在世界一半人口不得不正视这样一个事实：因为过度汲取地下水，他们所在的国家的地下水位急剧下降。

• and if the gap is too great — as it has become with president obama — then you run the risk of having your reputation (or that of your company) plummet in the eyes of your original supporters.

  如果相差太远--就像奥巴马的例子一样--你就是在冒险，可能让最初的支持者眼中自己的声望（或者公司的利益）一落千丈。

• 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。

• the beleaguered city has seen pupil enrolment plummet by more than 50% in the past decade, as residents move elsewhere in search of jobs.

  这座百事缠身的城市在过去十年，由于大量人口因工作原因迁离，学生入学人数急剧锐减50%。

• in bad years revenues plummet and the budget cracks open.

  年景不好的时候，收入剧减，预算「鸿沟」出现。

• 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。

• 「many currencies, including the euro and british pound, have weakened considerably against a strong us dollar, causing a number of european cities to plummet in the rankings,」 she said in a statement.

  她在一份陈述中说，「许多货币，包括欧元和英镑，相对强势美元都呈明显疲势，这使得不少欧洲城市的排名骤降。」

相似词

swoop猛扑；突然袭击

plunge突然跌落；（价格、数量等）骤降；投入；跳进；跳水，快速游泳

descent除去…的气味；使…失去香味