单词 | soar |
释义 | soar (sɔːʳ ) Word forms: soars , soaring , soared 1. verb If the amount, value, level, or volume of something soars, it quickly increases by a great deal. [journalism] Insurance claims are expected to soar. [VERB] Shares soared on the stock exchange. [VERB] Figures showed customer complaints had soared to record levels and profits were falling. [VERB preposition/adverb] The temperature in the south will soar into the hundreds. [VERB preposition/adverb] ...soaring unemployment. [VERB-ing] 2. verb If something such as a bird soars into the air, it goes quickly up into the air. [literary] If you're lucky, a splendid golden eagle may soar into view. [VERB preposition/adverb] Buzzards soar overhead at a great height. [VERB preposition/adverb] The two sheets of flame clashed, soaring hundreds of feet high. [VERB noun] Synonyms: fly, rise, wing, climb 3. verb Trees or buildings that soar upwards are very tall. [literary] The steeple soars skyward. [VERB preposition/adverb] ...the soaring spires of churches like St Peter's. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: tower, rise, climb, go up 4. verb If music soars, it rises greatly in volume or pitch. [literary] The music soared to the rafters, carrying its listeners' hearts. [VERB preposition] His soaring voice cuts straight to the heart. [VERB-ing] 5. verb If your spirits soar, you suddenly start to feel very happy. [literary] For the first time in months, my spirits soared. [VERB] Collocations: population soars Each year our population soars by another 330,000 and the shortage becomes ever more acute. The Sun And our population soars by 330,000 a year, all needing a roof over their heads. The Sun Our population soars by 336,000 a year. The Sun Lack of available property has helped, as has a strong holiday rentals market that can mean that the population soars from 30,000 to 100,000 during school breaks. Times, Sunday Times The health service faces a black hole of 30billion by the end of the decade without radical action as the population soars and gets older. The Sun Both saw their shares soar in early dealing. Times, Sunday Times Unless the shares soar, he would lose money by exercising the options. Times, Sunday Times He maintained a buy recommendation for the whole of last year and saw the shares soar 154%. Times, Sunday Times Realism will also tell investors to be wary when tobacco shares soar. Times, Sunday Times Shares soared 309p to 40.74, valuing it at 3.8 billion. Times, Sunday Times The milk price has doubled this year, to keep pace with the soaring cost of maintaining a dairy herd. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They are also grappling with the soaring cost of petrol. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Despite the soaring cost of owning a car, we are loath to give them up. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This was compounded by the soaring cost of newsprint, it added. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The soaring cost of food has also made making ends meet incredibly difficult. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But your spirits soar when you walk through the door, straight into a vast, light, airy living room with the layout of a medieval hall. Times, Sunday Times Music that makes your spirits soar and your legs shake. Times, Sunday Times Even as they lose yet more loved ones to the pernicious disease, their voices can make the spirits soar. Times, Sunday Times He said their stand had made his 'spirits soar'. Times, Sunday Times An hour later, my spirits soar again when a fellow patient, who has not been here very long, tells me how she has observed my walking improve. Times, Sunday Times As a result, debt-counselling services report that record numbers of people are seeking advice as unemployment soars and the recession takes its toll. Times, Sunday Times And only a foolish government would up the price of living while unemployment soars. The Sun But what happens when unemployment soars? Times, Sunday Times Unemployment soars over the 25% mark, inflation rises, and gross domestic product, which registered 8-11% increases in the previous few years, drops by 7%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many, including pension funds, piled into the precious metal - whose value soars in uncertain times. The Sun They are the chief cause and major beneficiaries of rising prices, buying up apartment blocks and leaving them empty while their value soars by 30 per cent a year. The Sun Alternatively, hang it on your wall and see the cash value eroded by inflation while the artistic value soars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the page, this disappoints, the polar opposite of the listener's exhilaration as the singer's voice soars. The Times Literary Supplement Over it all, her light, airy voice soars. Times, Sunday Times Her voice soars high in confusion, trembles to a whisper. Times, Sunday Times His voice soars up and down; he sings; he grins. Times, Sunday Times His voice soars for feigned outrage, dives for moral weight; he can be loose and twitchy with uncontained energy or still and pensive while his men fight over the spoils. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 急剧增加 Japanese: 急上昇する |
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