plummeting
present participle ofplummet
| 单词 | plummeting |
| 释义 | plummeting present participle ofplummet plummet verb[I] uk/ˈplʌm.ɪt/us/ˈplʌm.ɪt/tofallveryquicklyandsuddenly: Housepriceshave plummeted inrecentmonths. Severallargerocksweresentplummetingdownthemountain. She plummetedtotheground. to decrease
to go down onto the ground suddenly
Moving downwards
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less Examplesofplummetingplummeting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the last decade the performance of robots has increased enormously while at the same time their prices have beenplummeting. From theCambridge English Corpus In the last decade the performance of robots has increased radically while at the same time prices have beenplummeting. From theCambridge English Corpus Looking for new ways to salvageplummetingbusiness, these clubs adopted the viejoteca idea, with unprecedented success. From theCambridge English Corpus Some interesting statements are related to industrial robots and report about "plummetingrobot prices" as well as about increasing labor costs. From theCambridge English Corpus While it may well have been markedly flexible over the depression years as a whole, in the final weeks before that eruption-with rice pricesplummeting-it was strict and unyielding. From theCambridge English Corpus Industrial production fell off by 31 per cent from its 1929 level, with activity in such key industries as metallurgy, textiles, and agricultureplummetingmuch more dramatically. From theCambridge English Corpus I suggest that they areplummetingand obeying the law of gravity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As we know, those asylum numbers have beenplummetingfor many years. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Is inflation under control if it isplummetingand falls below zero into negative rates? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, at a time ofplummetinghouse values, the financial uncertainty caused by a lease nearing expiry provides an additional and unnecessary cause for concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What are the costs of trying to service bank loans when the value of the stock isplummeting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So the only result would be to get deeper into the red, to send the poundplummetingand prices and unemployment rocketing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The result of those local brain drains would almost certainly beplummetinghouse prices in the high spending areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, on the other hand,plummetingdownwards—and, in my view, the wrong way at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Government policy is already destroying many post offices: the value of their business isplummetingbecause of the doubt and the danger that they face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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