词汇精选：plunge的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
一跃；投身入水
例句：
The whale took a plunge into the deep water.
鲸鱼跳入深水中。
例句：
Let's go for a plunge before breakfast!
让我们在早饭前游一会儿泳。
开始从事；突然的开始
例句：
He'll take the plunge and start his own business.
他会采取果断行动，从而开创了他自己的事业。
猛跌
例句：
Prices started a downward plunge.
价格开始猛跌。
猛冲；（船的）前后颠簸
例句：
The sea was so rough that on every plunge the screw came out of the water.
大海汹涌翻腾，船每颠簸一下，螺旋浆就露出水面。
【口】鲁莽的投资（或投机）
供游泳的地方
阵雨
【地】倾入
尴尬境地
v.
（猛力）把…投入（或刺入）（into,in） [T]
例句：
He plunged himself into work upon his arrival.
他一到就投入工作。
例句：
While he was putting his hand into it, she plunged her dagger into his heart.
就在他伸手进去时，玛琪安娜把匕首刺入他的心脏。
使突然前倾（或下降） [T]
例句：
The sudden application of the brakes plunged him forwards.
突然的刹车使他猛地一个前倾。
使突然陷入（或遭受）（into, in） [T]
例句：
He was plunged in despair.
他陷入绝中。
例句：
The news plunged us into despair.
我们听到那则消息后就陷入了绝望。
把（盆栽）齐盆埋入土中 [T]
把…没入 [T]
纵身投入；一头进入（into, in） [I]
例句：
He ran to the edge of the lake and plunged in.
他跑到湖边，猛地跳进水里。
陷入（into,in） [I]
例句：
He tried to increase his income by gambling only to plunge more deeply into the mire.
他企图藉赌博增加收入，却陷入了更深的困境。
例句：
He was plunged in despair.
他陷入绝中。
（认真地）开始从事；投身 [I]
例句：
They plunged into their work with immense zeal.
他们以极大的热情投入工作。
猛冲；（马）扬起后蹄奔窜；（船）前后颠簸 [I]
猛跌；陡峭直下 [I]
例句：
Unlike share prices, house prices rarely plunge in nominal terms.
和股价不一样，名义房价鲜有下降。
（女衣领口）开得很低 [I]
【口】狂赌；大做投机；负债 [I]
二、词义辨析：
immerse,dip,duck,plunge,submerge
这些动词均有“沉浸，浸入”之意。immerse侧重全部被液体所覆盖，也可用于比喻意义。dip指部分地、暂时地或轻微地放进液体，多暗示一种谨慎或试探性的动作。duck指把头伸进水中，或指游泳时开玩笑地把一个人的头按入水中。plunge暗示迅速而有力的动作，但浸入不一定很深。submerge指长时间的完全浸入、潜入，强调浸入液体深层。
三、参考例句：
Prices started a downward plunge.
价格开始猛跌。
She was about to plunge into something.
她就要采取什么行动了。
Let's go for a plunge before breakfast!
让我们在早饭前游一会儿泳。
I waved my dog to plunge into the water.
我挥手示意我的狗跳入水中。
He made a headlong plunge into the river.
他一头栽进河里。
He had finally taken the plunge and quitted the job.
最后他还是断然决定放弃那份工作。
The whale took a plunge into the deep water.
鲸鱼跳入深水。
He had finally taken the plunge and quitted the job.
最后他还是断然决定放弃那份工作。
Unlike share prices, house prices rarely plunge in nominal terms.
和股价不一样，名义房价鲜有下降。
He'll take the plunge and start his own business.
他会采取果断行动，从而开创了他自己的事业。
