[04-23] 英语听力:Nose Dive (学个词)

今天我们要学的词组是nose dive。

Nose是鼻子, dive是跳水或是俯冲,

nosedive指飞机垂直俯冲,
"The plane nosedived."

Nose dive也指价格等猛跌,迅速下降。

比如雅虎公司宣布季度盈利下跌60%,
美国媒体报道说, "Yahoo's profit takes a nose dive."

美国2006年的失业率大幅度下降,
"The unemployment rate in the United States took a nose dive in 2006."

一个人的工作和事业也可能出现nose dive,

"His career took a nose dive after he was fired by the company."
他被公司解雇以后,事业一落千丈。

今天我们学习的词组是nose dive...