nosedive

英 [ˈnəʊzdaɪv]

美 [ˈnoʊzdaɪv]

n.  急剧下降; 急转直下; 暴跌; (飞行器的)俯冲
v.  骤降; 急剧下跌; 暴跌; 俯冲

过去式：nosedived　过去分词：nosedived　复数：nosedives　现在分词：nosediving　第三人称单数：nosedives　

BNC.41568 / COCA.27607

牛津词典

noun

• 急剧下降；急转直下；暴跌
  a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where sth suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail
  1. Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis.
     危机期间，石油价格暴跌。
  2. These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive.
     这些政策使得建筑业的形势急转直下。
• （飞行器的）俯冲
  the sudden sharp fall of an aircraft towards the ground with its front part pointing down

verb

• 骤降；急剧下跌；暴跌
  to fall suddenly
  1. Building costs have nosedived.
     建筑费用猛跌下来。
• 俯冲
  to fall suddenly with the front part pointing towards the ground

柯林斯词典

• VERB (价格、利润或汇率)暴跌，急剧下降
  If prices, profits, or exchange ratesnosedive, they suddenly fall by a large amount.
  1. The value of other shares nosedived by £2.6 billion.
     其他股票市值暴跌26亿英镑。
  2. Nosediveis also a noun.
     
  3. The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits.
     该银行昨天透露其利润骤降30％。
• VERB (名声或事业)一落千丈，急转直下
  If something such as someone's reputation or careernosedives, it suddenly gets much worse.
  1. Since the US invasion the president's reputation has nosedived.
     自美国入侵以来，总统的声望一落千丈。
  2. Nosediveis also a noun.
     
  3. He told the tribunal his career had 'taken a nosedive' since his dismissal last year.
     他告诉仲裁委员会，自去年被解雇以来，他的职业生涯就陷入了低谷。

英英释义

noun

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
  Synonym:divenose dive
• a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
  1. the stock took a nosedive

verb

• plunge nose first

双语例句

• His career took a nosedive and he turned to drink and drugs for solace.
  他的事业一落千丈，开始酗酒吸毒以寻求慰借。
• The nosedive the NIH has taken since then makes many observers question a new scheme to double the budget of the US National Science Foundation.
  国立医学研究院的暴跌已经发生，从那时开始，使得很多评论者提出新的方案来双倍增加美国国立科学基金的预算。
• The jet went into a nosedive.
  喷气式飞机向下俯冲。
• The sector "has clearly pulled out of the nosedive it was in earlier this year", said David noble, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of purchase and supply, which co-produces the survey.
  参与编制调查的英国皇家采购与供应学会（cips）行政总裁戴维诺布尔（davidnoble）称，英国制造业“已明显摆脱了今年早些时候的直线下落”。
• The plane roared overhead and went into a nosedive.
  飞机在头顶上轰鸣着，俯冲下来。
• And empathy really took a nosedive in the last 10 years.
  而在过去十年里同情怜悯之心的水平已急剧下降。
• Apart from a nosedive at the end of 2008, after-tax corporate profits have held up amazingly. They are now about a third higher than in 2007.
  除了在2008年出现急剧下降以外，税后企业利润一直处于令人惊叹的声势，眼下的水平比2007年高出三分之一左右。
• China has kept the renminbi at around 6.83 per dollar since July 2008 as it sought to help its exporters survive the dramatic nosedive in global trade.
  自2008年7月以来，中国一直将人民币兑美元汇率保持在6.83元附近，以帮助本国出口商在全球贸易大幅下挫的环境中生存下来。
• Picture a girl who just took a nosedive from the ugly tree.
  想像一下，那女孩从一棵丑陋的树上掉下来。
• Abroad, demand for Japanese exports is in a nosedive.
  在国外，对日本出口的需求严重下滑。