| 单词 | plunge |
| 释义 | plunge (plʌndʒ ) Word forms: plunges , plunging , plunged 1. verb If something or someone plunges in a particular direction, especially into water, they fall, rush, or throw themselves in that direction. At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river. [VERB preposition/adverb] He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: descend, fall, drop, crash Plunge is also a noun. ...a plunge into cold water. 2. verb If you plunge an object into something, you push it quickly or violently into it. A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body. [VERB noun into noun] She plunged her face into a bowl of cold water. [VERB noun into noun] I plunged in my knife and fork. [V n with in] Synonyms: stab, push, stick, sink 3. verb If a person or thing is plunged into a particular state or situation, or if they plunge into it, they are suddenly in that state or situation. The government's political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos. [VERB noun + into] 8,000 homes were plunged into darkness as electricity cables crashed down. [VERB noun into noun] Eddy finds himself plunged into a world of brutal violence. [VERB-ed] The economy is plunging into recession. [VERB + into] Synonyms: throw, cast, pitch, propel Plunge is also a noun. That peace often looked like a brief truce before the next plunge into war. [+ into] 4. verb If you plunge into an activity or are plunged into it, you suddenly get very involved in it. The two men plunged into discussion. [VERB + into] The prince should be plunged into work. [be VERB-ed + into] Take the opportunity to plunge yourself into your career. [V pron-refl + into] Plunge is also a noun. His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise. [+ into] 5. verb If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly. His weight began to plunge. [VERB] The Pound plunged to a new low on the foreign exchange markets yesterday. [VERB + to] Shares have plunged from £17 to £7.55. [VERB + from/to] The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent. [VERB + by] Its net profits plunged 73% last year. [VERB amount] Synonyms: fall steeply, drop, crash [informal], go down Plunge is also a noun. Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge. 6. See also plunging 7. to take the plunge phrase If you take the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky. If you have been thinking about buying shares, now could be the time to take the plunge. Idioms: take the plunge to do something that you have been thinking of doing for some time, even though it is difficult or risky Helen decided to take the plunge and turned professional in 1991. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: prices plunge You therefore buy more shares or units when prices plunge, and fewer when markets are high, smoothing out market volatility. Times, Sunday Times Local buyers are pushed farther to the outskirts, where flats start at about 180,000 - or a couple of miles inland where prices plunge. Times, Sunday Times Share prices plunge about 18 months after an inversion, and economies falter about 22 months after short-term interest rates top longer-term rates. Times, Sunday Times Nobody wants to invest at the top of the market, just before prices plunge. Times, Sunday Times Yet, in business life, careers nose-dive and share prices plunge after ill-prepared comments from someone caught off guard in a business crisis. Times, Sunday Times Elan has to refinance more than ¤1 billion (874m) of debt by 2011 and has seen its shares plunge almost 70% in the past 12 months. Times, Sunday Times The company saw its shares plunge 19% after the results, at one point sinking to a threeyear low of close to 70p. Times, Sunday Times The shares plunge hit the savings of thousands of staff members who receive a stock bonus every six months. The Sun The firm has coralled enough investors to force him into a humiliating defence of a strategy that has seen the shares plunge tenfold in just three years. Times, Sunday Times Others in the food sector have also seen shares plunge. Times, Sunday Times It's a true pause, a sudden plunge into a kind of naive goodwill that's hard to find on the mainland. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps it was the eerie quality of this sudden plunge that sparked a wave of selling elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times This can occur due to loss in speed and can result in a sudden plunge. Times, Sunday Times Demand for photographic films showed a sudden plunge in line with the growing popularity of digital cameras. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sudden plunge in the barometer provided enough warning for emergency evacuations in those cities, which were credited with keeping the death toll below that which was initially reported. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 跳进 Japanese: 突っ込む |
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