plunges

英 [ˈplʌndʒɪz]

美 [ˈplʌndʒɪz]

v.  使突然前冲(或下落); 暴跌; 骤降; 突降; 陡峭地向下倾斜
plunge的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （尤指向水中）纵身投入，一头进入
  If something or someoneplungesin a particular direction, especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction.
  1. At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river...
     一辆公共汽车栽进河里，造成至少50人丧生。
  2. He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in.
     他跑下台阶来到泳池露台，纵身跳进池里。
  3. Plungeis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a plunge into cold water.
     一头跳入冰冷的水中
• VERB 将…投入；将…插入；将…刺进
  If youplungean objectintosomething, you push it quickly or violently into it.
  1. A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body...
     一名士兵将刺刀插进了他的身体。
  2. She plunged her face into a bowl of cold water...
     她把脸扎进一盆凉水里。
  3. I plunged in my knife and fork.
     我插入了刀叉。
• V-ERG （使）突然陷入；（使）突然遭受
  If a person or thingis plunged intoa particular state or situation, or if theyplunge intoit, they are suddenly in that state or situation.
  1. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos...
     政府的政治和经济改革可能会使国家陷入混乱局面。
  2. 8,000 homes were plunged into darkness as electricity cables crashed down...
     由于电缆损毁，8,000户家庭顿时落入一片黑暗之中。
  3. Eddy finds himself plunged into a world of brutal violence...
     埃迪发现自己被抛入了一个野蛮、暴力的世界。
  4. The economy is plunging into recession.
     经济正陷入萧条。
  5. Plungeis also a noun.
     
  6. That peace often looked like a brief truce before the next plunge into war.
     那种和平看起来常常像是再次陷入战争前的短暂休战。
• V-ERG （使）投身；（使）突然开始从事
  If youplunge intoan activity orare plunged intoit, you suddenly get very involved in it.
  1. The two men plunged into discussion...
     两位男士立即投入到讨论中。
  2. The prince should be plunged into work...
     王子应该积极参与工作。
  3. Take the opportunity to plunge yourself into your career.
     抓住机会投身到事业中去。
  4. Plungeis also a noun.
     
  5. His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise.
     他突然投身国际外交界是一大意外。
• VERB 骤降；猛跌
  If an amount or rateplunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.
  1. His weight began to plunge...
     他的体重开始锐减。
  2. The Pound plunged to a new low on the foreign exchange markets yesterday...
     昨天在外汇市场上英镑骤跌至新低。
  3. Shares have plunged from £17 to £7.55...
     股票已从17英镑骤跌至7.55英镑。
  4. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent...
     银行的利润骤降了87%。
  5. Its net profits plunged 73% last year.
     去年，它的净利猛跌了73%。
  6. Plungeis also a noun.
     
  7. Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge.
     日本银行因呆账和股市暴跌而陷入困境。
• See also:plunging
• PHRASE 决定冒险尝试；采取断然行动
  If youtake the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky.
  1. If you have been thinking about buying shares, now could be the time to take the plunge.
     如果你一直在考虑购买股票，现在或许是采取行动的最好时机。

双语例句

• By contrast, as long as you make your mortgage payments, your neighborhood mortgage banker can't force you to cough up more cash or sell your home, no matter how far your home's price plunges.
  与此不同的是，只要你偿还抵押贷款，银行就不能强迫你追加现金或是卖出你的房屋，不管你的房价已经下跌了多少。
• From the point of yonder rolling cloud I plunge into my past being, and revel there as the sun-burnt Indian plunges headlong into the wave that wafts him to his native shore.
  望着从远处飘来的浓云，我陷入了关于过去的沉思，陶醉其中，如晒黑的印第安人不顾一切地扎进带他们回家的海浪一样。
• After a drug loses its patent protection, its price plunges as generic drugmakers fight for market share.
  一旦某种药物失去专利保护，仿制药生产商就会一拥而上争夺市场份额，导致价格暴跌。
• Of course, seeing him jump off the top of the stairs in an attempt to prove his reality also plunges the viewer into a deep depression as well.
  而巴斯从楼梯顶跳下来妄图证明自己真实存那个场景在也同样把观众的心拖入了谷底。
• Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket.
  他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。
• We heard the slaps and plunges of people in the water
  我们听到人们的击水声和跳水声
• He fills the Basin with water, plunges his hands in, and draws them out again quickly, roaring with pain.
  他把脸盆放满了水，把手一下子放进去，又很快地拿出来，疼得直叫。
• The dog plunges its nose down the hole to see if the rabbit was still there.
  狗把鼻子伸到洞里去看兔子是否还在里面。
• If the Little Mermaid plunges it into the Prince's heart before the sun rises, her life will be spared and she can become a mermaid again, living the rest of her life in the ocean.
  只要小美人鱼在太阳升起之前把匕首插入王子的心脏，那么她就不用死去，她将重新变成美人鱼游回大海继续生活。
• If the foundations of the firewall are too shallow, then the bank plan plunges too deep.
  如果说，欧洲的防火墙根基太浅，那么银行业的扶持计划可谓涉足太深。