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今天我们要学的词是plummet¹。Plummet动词，意思是大幅下跌、骤然跌落 。US crude oil prices plummeted², as news of a rise in US oil production weighed heavily on the commodity. 美国产油量增加的新闻对大宗商品造成很大影响，因此美国原油价格大跌。Malaysia remains³ two spots ahead of Singapore in the latest FIFA rankings, but both nations plummeted on the most recent list below Myanmar, Bhutan and the Solomon Islands. 在最新的国际足联排行中，马来西亚仍比新加坡靠前两位，不过这两个国家的最新排名都直线下跌，排在了缅甸、不丹和所罗门群岛之后。 好的，我们今天学习的词是plummet, plummet, plummet...
 

1 plummet   

vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物

参考例句：

• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
• Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。

2 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。