immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
devote (oneself) fully to
双语例句
1. Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil.
经济学家卡尔·温伯格认为，油价暴跌的负面影响正在超过油格低廉的积极影响。
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2. The view of lake and plunging cliffs seduces visitors.
湖水和陡峭的悬崖景观吸引着游客。
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3. They sprang away, stumbling over roots and among vines in the dark, no two plunging in the same direction.
他们撒腿就跑，黑暗中不时被树根和藤蔓上绊倒，朝不同的方向奔去。
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4. Tanya Streeter's passion is freediving—the sport of plunging deep into the water without tanks or other breathing equipment.
坦尼娅·斯特里特的爱好是自由潜水——这项运动是在没有水箱或其他呼吸设备的情况下潜入水中深处。
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5. The sudden plunging of a train into the darkness of a tunnel, and the equally sudden rush into full daylight, would cause great damage to eyesight.
火车突然冲进黑暗的隧道或突然冲出光明，都会对视力造成极大的损害。
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6. Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months.
如此大量的物质会完全阻挡阳光到达地表，使地球陷入至少持续数月的寒冷和黑暗之中。
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7. The company is plunging deeper into debt.
这家公司债台高筑。
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8. Plunging defence budgets make that issue urgent.
陷入保卫预算案事件则使该争端更白热化。
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9. And send the dish plunging into the water again.
可能会把盘子再次拖进水里。
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10. resolve upon a plan for plunging into that world anew.
同时心里计划着，决心再重新进入到那个世界里去。
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11. Plunging housing markets and the credit crunch have put paid to all that.
房地产市场下滑和信贷危机都是其原因的一部分。
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12. The path goes by a small lighthouse before plunging into the open country.
这条通往田野的小径旁有一座小灯塔。
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13. People have been anxiously wondering as they watch the plunging stock market.
人们都忧心忡忡地眼瞅着股票价格一路狂跌，无计可施。
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14. The prices of risky assets like shares and corporate bonds have been plunging.
诸如股份与公司债券的风险资产价格已剧烈下跌。
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15. Ad revenues are plunging across the board: by 22.3% at Media General, for example.
广告收入则正在全面下降，如媒体综合集团下降了22.3%。
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16. Meanwhile, component prices are plunging, overcapacity is rife and margins are meagre.
与此同时，元器件产品价格大幅下跌，到处是造产能过剩，利润摊薄。
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17. Oil output is plunging because of the inefficiencies of Pemex, the giant state oil monopoly.
由于国有垄断巨头墨西哥国家石油公司的效率不高，石油产量也急剧下降。
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18. But is it your right hand the kitchen knife is plunging toward, or a false, rubber right hand?
但是这是你被厨刀所指着的右手，还是那假的，塑料的右手呢？
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19. The habitat destruction has contributed to a plunging animal population throughout the region.
在整个区域内，野生动物栖息地的破坏已经成为动物数量大幅度缩减的元凶。
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20. The stock market was plunging; credit remained tight; fresh unemployment Numbers were shocking.
股市骤跌；信贷紧缩；新失业人数惊人。
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21. A plunging share price may be the biggest disincentive to the corrupters of the weak and greedy.
股价跳水也许才是对软弱贪婪的受贿者最大的抑阻。
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22. We were now leaving the dry forest and plunging into the far more biologically diverse rainforest.
我们现在正离开干燥的森林并进入更甚于生物学意义上的不同雨林。
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23. Faced with credit constraints and forecasts of plunging consumer demand, companies slashed production.
面对信贷约束和消费需求骤降的预计，公司只能大幅减产。
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24. The alternative would be plunging asset values, a complete withdrawal of credit and economic catastrophe.
不然，它将面对资产价值的大幅缩水，信贷活动的彻底抽离进而是可怕的经济灾难。
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25. Plunging tax revenues made the chances of any Baltic states meeting the criteria for joining the euro look slim.
年税总额的暴跌让波罗的海各国达到入盟标准加入欧盟的希望变得渺茫。
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26. You do have to wonder what these people were thinking two years ago, when raw material prices were plunging.
你不得不想弄清两年前原材料价格直线下降时，这些人究竟是怎么想的。
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27. You do have to wonder what these people were thinking two years ago, when raw material prices were plunging.
你不得不想弄清两年前原材料价格直线下降时，这些人究竟是怎么想的。
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用作形容词 (adj.)
Water isn't the only thing plunging to the bottom of the gorge. 因此，落入谷底的并不仅仅是水流。
Right now, the biggest problem facing our economy is plunging business investment. 当前我们经济面临的最大问题是商业投资的大幅下降。
Miners are being laid off because of plunging mineral prices. 采矿人员因为猛跌的矿产价格而被纷纷遣散。
