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[意       思]n. 猛跌，骤降
[例]  Prices started a downward plunge. 价格开始猛跌。
vi. 投(入)，跳(入)，冲
[例]  The boys plunged into the river to swim. 男孩们跳入河里游泳。
vi. 陷入
[例]  She plunged deep into thought. 她陷入沉思。
vi. 下降，急降
[例]  Since then prices have plunged. 从那时起,价格猛跌。
vi. (船只)颠簸
[例]  The ship plunged about in the storm. 那艘船在风暴中前后颠簸。

更多意思

n.1.  突然跌落，突然分离
2.  （价格、数量的）暴跌，猛降，骤减
3.  卷入，参与
4.  跳水，快速游泳

vt.使突然前冲（或下落）

vi.1.  突然前冲（或下落）
2.  暴跌，骤降，突降
3.  陡峭地倾斜
4.  （剧烈）颠簸，震荡

参考例句

1.	They have finally decided to take the plunge and get married.
	他们最后毅然决定结婚。
2.	He took the plunge when others chickened out.
	在别人畏缩不前时他断然采取了行动。
3.	The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
	自然法即神灵法，只是用来约束每一个个体的法律，我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度，因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定，因而对我们来说，规章制度比神灵法更好，因为如果我们采用神灵法的话，他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。
4.	To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay. (Johm Erskine, American educator)
	感激他使我 发现即使是很短的时刻，只要我分秒必争的一头钻进工作，积累起来就成为我需要的特别有用的几个钟头。(美国教育家 厄斯金.J.)
5.	She took the plunge and invested her entire savings in the plan.
	她冒险把全部积蓄都投进那项计划。

常用词组

 

take the plunge   (深思熟虑后)毅然做出决定
take the plunge of...   (深思熟虑后)毅然决定...