free fall

英 [ˈfriː fɔːl]

美 [ˈfriː fɔːl]

n.  (人或物的)自由下落; (价值)突降不止

牛津词典

noun

• （人或物的）自由下落
  the movement of an object or a person falling through the air without engine power or a parachute
  1. a free fall display
     自由下落表演
• （价值）突降不止
  a sudden drop in the value of sth that cannot be stopped
  1. Share prices have gone into free fall.
     股价猛跌不止。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (价值或价格的)直线下落，暴跌
  If the value or price of something goesintofree fall, it starts to fall uncontrollably.
  1. Sterling went into free fall...
     英镑暴跌。
  2. The price did a free fall.
     价格一落千丈。
• (降落伞张开前的)自由下落
  In parachuting,free fallis the part of the jump before the parachute opens.

英英释义

noun

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
  1. a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
  2. there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
  3. a dip in prices
  4. when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
  Synonym:dropdipfall
• the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field

双语例句

• Other markets are still in free fall.
  其他市场房价也正处于自由落体运动中。
• It is no longer the Dark Continent in continual economic free fall, wallowing in debt, poverty and disease.
  它也不再是经济像自由落体那样下滑的黑暗大陆，不再沉溺于债务、贫穷和疾病。
• Like astronauts brought up in gravity, our reflexes are poorly suited for free fall.
  就像在重力环境下成长起来的宇航员一样，我们的本能反应不适合自由坠落。
• The rebound helped Japanese companies recover some of the value they have lost as stocks went into free fall after the recent series of disasters.
  这一反弹帮助日本企业挽回了一些它们在股市上失去的市值。日本最近一系列的灾难导致股票价格自由落体式地下跌。
• But Beijing would not allow the renminbi to go into free fall, he adds, since that would enrage US Congress and risk retaliation.
  但他补充说，北京方面不会允许人民币汇率直线下落，因为那会激怒美国国会，引发报复风险。
• Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
  在重力的作用下自由落体。
• Sterling went into free fall
  英镑暴跌。
• The stock price is falling like a free fall.
  股价像自由落体一般坠下。
• But as long as there continues to be a free fall, GM is at grave risk.
  但是只要经济情况继续直线下降，通用公司就面临严重风险。
• Free fall lifeboat system
  自由降落救生艇系统