| 单词 | free fall |
| 释义 | free fall noun[U] us/ˈfri ˌfɔl/free fallnoun[U](FALL)physics afastfall from agreatheightunder theinfluenceofgravity(= thenaturalforcethatattractsthings toward theearth)without any otherforceactingtoreducespeed: Theparachutistsarebrieflyin free fall beforeopeningtheirparachutes. free fallnoun[U](LOSS)asudden,fastloss, forexampleinprice,popularity, orvalue: Thegovernmenthad toacttokeepthedollarfrom going into free fall against othercurrencies. free fall noun[U] uk/ˌfriː ˈfɔːl/us/ˌfriː ˈfɑːl/anoccasionwhen something or someonefallsquicklyunder theinfluenceofgravity （重力作用下的）自由下落，自由落体运动 informal theprocessoffailingorlosingvalueorstrengthquicklyandcontinuously （价值或力量的）骤降，迅速下降 Onlymassivechangesingovernmentpolicieswillpreventthepesogoing intofreefall(=fallingquicklyinvalueby alargeamount).只有大刀阔斧地改革政府现行政策，才能阻止比索急剧贬值。 free fall| Business Englishfree fall noun[SorU] (alsofree-fall)ukusasuddenfailureorlossofvaluethat you areunabletostopand whichcontinuesto getworse: go into (a) free fallThestockmarketwent intofreefall,plummetinganadditional27%. be in (a) free fallProfits are infreefall, with second-quarterearningsdown 80% from lastyear. Examplesoffree fallfree fall This theoretical explanation brought him into conflict with an argument he had developed earlier in order to explain acceleration infreefall. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, panic would not have ensued and thefreefallof the currency, with its costly sequel, could have been avoided. From theCambridge English Corpus It is obviously much more difficult to investigate dynamic phenomena like projection,freefall, impact, etc. than those of statics. From theCambridge English Corpus This could hardly be achieved by drying in afreefall. From theCambridge English Corpus Falling out of suburbia, in political terms, would require a displacement of the organs, a movement in a sense intofreefalltowards the desert. From theCambridge English Corpus At the time of the application in spring 1992 the economy was almost infreefall. From theCambridge English Corpus The influence of the horizontal acceleration of the foot is rather limited and since the robot is infreefallbefore impact, k3 = 0 is used. From theCambridge English Corpus Of the photographs measured for spike growth all indicated an acceleration of less than half the rate offreefallin the particular virtual gravity field applied. From theCambridge English Corpus The prediction of stability for perfect core-annular flow in a carefully selected window of parameters is verified for the case offreefallin which the applied pressure gradient vanishes. From theCambridge English Corpus This does not diminish the validity of the formula as a description of the event-type "freefall," but its validity as a description of the concrete present case is abrogated. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not by chance that fires ravage the region, that their currency is infreefall. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English At the same time, some other countries really were infreefall, which in a sense eclipsed the actions of certain others. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Transport is now infreefall, or automatic pilot-whatever metaphor is used—and no one is pushing things forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, the pound is infreefall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The community spirit went intofreefall, crime rocketed, and the hopes of youngsters were shattered. 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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