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n.铅锤¹⁵;铅垂线⁷vi.垂直落下⁴⁰;暴跌³⁸过去分词plummeted现在分词plummeting三单plummets
下降运动竖直，垂直
Noun:
the metal bob of a plumb line
Verb:
drop sharply;The stock market plummeted 来自古法语plomet,铅，铅球，来自plomb,铅，铅球，词源同plumb.-et,小词后缀。比喻用法。plummet method测锤法plummet level定垂线尺lead plummet铅垂球optical plummet光学垂准器,光学对点…plummet line垂直线
钱博士plumm=plumb，铅+et指小名词后缀→小块铅→铅锤，坠子⇒转作动词陡直落下，骤然下跌
词根plumb铅来自拉丁语。GRE红宝书源于plumb的铅锤的意义
plumb 铅锤 + meet 你要是碰上铅锤了就是它从上面坠下来了
plummet原意为'测深锤'plumm=plumb，铅+et指小名词后缀→小块铅→铅锤，坠子⇒转作动词陡直落下，骤然下跌。GRE难词记忆plummet→plumm=plumbum 铅+et小→铅锤→陡直掉下词根记忆铅很重,所以下落很快来自plumbn.铅锤近义词 fall落下drop落下dive潜水swoop抓取crash撞击tumble暴跌descent下降plump丰满的plunge使投入nose-dive俯冲plumb bob铅锤plumb用铅垂测量…
动词98%,名词2%
verb.fall hard and fast
同义词 collapse,crash,decline,decrease,descend,dip,dive,drop,drop down,fall,nose-dive,plunge,sink,skid,tumbledownturn,dump,precipitate,stoop,swoop
反义词 ascend,go up,grow,increase,raise,riseshoot up
descendverb move down, lower a
cascade,cataract,cave in,coast,collapse,crash,crouch,decline,deplane,detrain,dip,disembark,dismount,dive,dribble,drop,fall,fall prostrate,get down,get off,go down,gravitate,ground,incline,light,lose balance,penetrate,pitch,plop,plunge,prolapse,set,settle,sink,slant,slide,slip,slope,slough off,slump,stoop,stumble,submerge,subside,swoop,toboggan,topple,trickle,trip,tumble,weep
descendedverb move down, lower a
abased oneself,conceded,degenerated,deteriorated,humble oneself,lower oneself,patronized,stooped
dipverb lower, descend
bend,decline,disappear,droop,drop down,fade,fall,go down,incline,nose-dive,plummet,plunge,reach,recede,sag,set,settle,sheer,sink,skew,skid,slant,slip,slope,slue,slump,spiral,subside,swoop,tilt,tumble,veer,verge
diveverb descend, usually going underwater
belly flop,dip,disappear,drop,duck,fall,go headfirst,gutter,header,jump,leap,lunge,nose-dive,pitch,plumb,plummet,plunge,spring,submerge,swoop,vanish,vault
dropverb let go of;fall
abandon,bring down,cave in,collapse,decline,depress,descend,dive,duck,dump,fell,floor,flop,give up,go down,ground,keel over,knock,loosen,lower,nose-dive,pitch,plummet,plump,plunge,release,relinquish,shed,shoot,sink,slide,slip,slump,topple,tumble,unload
fallnoun descent;lowering
abatement,belly flop,cut,decline,declivity,decrease,diminution,dip,dive,downgrade,downward slope,drop,dwindling,ebb,falling-off,header,incline,lapse,lessening,nosedive,plummet,plunge,pratfall,recession,reduction,slant,slip,slope,slump,spill,tumble Causing their value to plummet by selling them off in some future dispute with the U.S. would only inflict significant losses on China itself.
如果在未来中美争端中，中国为了达到美元大量贬值而利用抛售这样的手段，那么会对中国造成严重的损失。 yeeyan
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。 ecocn
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%。 ecocn
The new drachma would plummet, making Greece’s debt burden even more onerous.
新的德拉克马将会骤跌，使希腊的债务负担更加严重。 ecocn
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。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
As the capabilities of digital devices soar and prices plummet, sensors and gadgets are digitising lots of information that was previously unavailable.
随着数字装置能力飙升而价格骤跌，传感器和小装置将大量以前无法使用的信息数字化。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
But if Chinese land prices plummet, there will be less demand for raw materials and a steep decline in world commodity markets and global trade in general.
但如果中国土地价格大幅下降，对世界商品市场和全球贸易而言，原材料的需求会急剧减少，价格也会急速下跌。 yeeyan
For their part, suppliers will fire their workers and watch their profits and stock prices plummet.
基于此，供应商将会解雇他们的工人，期待他们的利润，低价采购。 ecocn
If the bubble bursts, land prices could plummet, leaving the banks dangerously exposed.
假如泡沫破裂，地价可能暴跌，银行将暴露于危险中。 kekenet
If the United States does not have a cap- and- trade law in place by then, the chance of a global agreement will plummet.
如果美国届时没有一套总量管制和排放交易的法律就绪，凝聚全球共识的机会将会功败垂成。 yeeyan
If interest rates rose, then the value of the government bonds the banks hold would plummet.
如果利率上涨，那么这些银行所持有的美国国债的价值将大幅缩水。 yeeyan
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.
在这场危机的深处，就算贸易额一时上涨，作为贸易依赖性最强地区的其中之一，亚洲看到了将来经济增势暴跌的前景。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
Subsidising fishermen means they continue fishing even after stocks begin to plummet, because a substantial share of their income is now coming from the subsidy rather than from profits on fishing.
享受政府津贴的渔民意味着即使在股票下跌后，他们也会继续捕鱼，因为现在他们收入的很大一部分是来自于津贴，而不是渔业利润。 yeeyan
When prices plummet, hapless homeowners not only have a property worth a fraction of what they thought, they're also sitting on a mountain of debt.
当住房价格暴跌时，不幸的房屋业主手中持有的房产只值他们原以为价值的一小部分，他们都被一座债务大山所压着。 yeeyan
With the higher duty it glumly estimates that consumption will plummet by25-35% 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。 ecocn |