| 单词 | skyrocket |
| 释义 | skyrocket verb[I] uk/ˈskaɪˌrɒk.ɪt/us/ˈskaɪˌrɑː.kɪt/toriseextremelyquicklyor makeextremelyquickprogresstowardssuccess: 猛涨，飞涨Housingpriceshave skyrocketed inrecentmonths.近几个月房价飞涨。 Synonym rocketinformal Price increases
skyrocket| American Dictionaryskyrocket verb[I] us/ˈskɑɪˌrɑk·ɪt/(esp. ofamounts) toriseextremelyquickly: Thevalueoftheirbusinessskyrocketed lastyear. skyrocket| Business Englishskyrocket verb[I] uk/ˈskaɪˌrɒkɪt/us/-ˌrɑːkɪt/toriseorbecomesuccessfulextremelyquickly: Homevaluesare skyrocketing. skyrocket to sthSanDiegoelectricitypricesskyrocketed to 20¢perkilowatthour. skyrocketingadjective[before noun] Borrowers nowfaceskyrocketingpayments. Examplesofskyrocketskyrocket In recent years, however, unemployment has decreased steadily, at present being back at the low levels of the prosperous early 1970s, and employment has skyrocketed. From theCambridge English Corpus The unemployment rate skyrocketed, welfare recipiency expanded and various cutbacks and changes in social benefits and welfare services were introduced. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of medium to large-scale formal sector contracting firms has skyrocketed in the last decade. From theCambridge English Corpus On aggregate, prices have not skyrocketed as some have argued. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1991-95, during demobilisation, ceasefire and the replacement of the old security forces, crime skyrocketed. From theCambridge English Corpus He contends that pension reforms are generally uncomfortable : economic globalization and demographic ageing exert considerable external pressures for adjustment through skyrocketing social costs. From theCambridge English Corpus These numbers also revealed that fatalities from automobiles were skyrocketing while other, more familiar causes of death, were declining. From theCambridge English Corpus Conferences and symposia were frequent, publications skyrocketed, and new scientific journals specifically dealing with alternatives were established. From theCambridge English Corpus Also in 1871, the price of tin had skyrocketed to 140 pounds a ton. From theCambridge English Corpus The result is that prices for funk records have skyrocketed in the last eight to nine years. From theCambridge English Corpus Prices on basic goods skyrocketed in the 1990s. From theCambridge English Corpus Since liberalization, the establishment of nurseries by family associations for very young children has skyrocketed in rural and presumably traditional areas. From theCambridge English Corpus The risk of death from heart disease is said to "skyrocket" and to be extremely high in postmenopausal women. From theCambridge English Corpus If the legislative powers of the president had been extended to score 8, the share of non-partisans in the cabinet would have skyrocketed to 63.5 per cent! From theCambridge English Corpus These demographic, economic, and technologic developments are the growth of an aging population, society's need to control skyrocketing healthcare costs, and the formation of a comprehensive, global telecommunications network. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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