plummet

verb

1. 暴跌；速降
   to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position
   1. Share prices plummeted to an all-time low.
      股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
   2. Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.
      一想到又要见到他，她的心情便直往下沉。
   3. The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
      那架喷气式飞机一头栽进一排房子里。

1. VERB （数量、比率或价格）骤然下跌，暴跌
   If an amount, rate, or price plummets, 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。
2. VERB （通常指从高处）快速落下，陡直掉下
   If someone or something plummets, 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。

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 jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground
   这架喷气式飞机突然着火，急速坠地。
4. 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。
5. He said that yields on 10-year Treasury bonds would plummet.
   他认为，十年期国债的收益率将大幅下跌。
6. That means stocks would have to plummet 43% before we are back in Buffett buy territory.
   这意味着美国股市要暴跌43%才会到达巴菲特建议买进的水平。
7. Auto makers, including Toyota, are setting aside millions of dollars in leased-vehicle losses as used-car prices plummet.
   此外，由于二手车价格大幅下挫，丰田等车商不得不留出数百万美元，作为租车业务的损失准备金。
8. Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.
   自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
9. After menopause, when estrogen levels plummet, some women become forgetful.
   绝经期后，当雌激素水平骤然下降，一些女性开始变得健忘。
10. Right: If we don't fund the ABC sales training program, our sales will plummet.
    正确示例：如果我们不投资ABC销售培训项目，我们的销售额会大幅降低。
11. If the bubble bursts, land prices could plummet, leaving the banks dangerously exposed.
    一旦泡沫破裂，土地价格骤跌，许多银行会陷入危险之中。
12. The restored deutschemark would soar, the euro would plummet.
    重新恢复的德国马克将会一路飙升，欧元将会直线下跌。
13. But just as the "P" sometimes falls too far, the "e" can also plummet.
    但是，正如市盈率中的“价格”有时可能跌得过深，“盈利”也有可能滑坡。
14. 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。
15. Both HTC and Nokia have seen their smartphone market share plummet as Apple and Samsung grow, creating more willingness to settle from all parties.
    随着苹果和三星的快速增长，宏达电与诺基亚在智能手机领域的市场份额都在显著下降，这使得争议各方更有意愿取得和解。
16. US bank shares rebounded from a plummet on Monday, after soothing statements from Citigroup and Bank of America and as analysts stepped into argue that this time was different from 2008, when leverage was much higher.
    因花旗集团（Citigroup）与美国银行（BANKOFAMERICA）发布了令人宽慰的公告，且分析师纷纷表示这次与2008年不同，杠杆率要低很多，美国银行股在周一的暴跌后出现了反弹。
17. Stocks that plummet to half their value aren't losers, they're 'non-performers'.
    股票价格跌了一半的人不是失败者，而是表现不佳。
18. That could be alarming if markets dry up and asset values plummet.
    如果市场枯竭，资产价值沉底，后果令人难以想象。
19. Drug prices to plummet as patents expire.
    专利到期药价将骤降。
20. Everyone expects Broadway's box office to plummet in September. But going into October and November, receipts are supposed to pick up.
    大家都预料到9月百老汇的票房会大幅下跌。但到了10月和11月，预期票房收入会有所回升。
21. Because oil prices plummet, producers from the Middle East to South America brace for an uncertain future.
    油价直落，从中东到南美的石油生产国都为不确定的未来做防备。
22. Four years later, Spanish banks 'asset quality continues to plummet.
    4年后，西班牙银行的资产质量继续下降。
23. Share price plummet or plunge on the news of the devaluation.
    一有贬值的消息，股票价格就暴跌了。
24. If this continues, our stock will plummet when the market opens.
    如果再这样下去开盘时我们的股票会跌。
25. And our economy would plummet into the abyss of national economic ruin.
    而我们的经济就会陷入全面崩溃的深渊。
26. Property prices in Ireland, at the foot of our table since April 2010, continue to plummet.
    自2010年4月就稳居榜尾的爱尔兰房地产价格仍继续暴跌。
27. The prices of the shares may~ or plummet within one day.
    股票价格有可能在一天之内飞速上升或骤然下跌。
28. World trade flows are falling fast as the credit crisis bites and oil prices plummet, with official figures yesterday showing export and import declines in the US, China, UK and Canada.
    由于信贷危机肆虐和油价暴跌，全球贸易流动迅速下降。昨日公布的官方数据显示，美国、中国、英国和加拿大的进出口下降。

noun

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

   Synonym:    plumb bobplumb

verb

1. drop sharply
   1. The stock market plummeted

   Synonym:    plump