tailspin

英 [ˈteɪlspɪn]

美 [ˈteɪlspɪn]

n.  (飞机的)尾旋，尾螺旋; 恶化的局势; 慌乱; 混乱; 失控
vi.  （飞机）打着尾旋坠落

BNC.44428 / COCA.24813

牛津词典

noun

• （飞机的）尾旋，尾螺旋
  a situation in which a pilot loses control of an aircraft and it spins as it falls quickly towards the ground, with the back making larger circles than the front
• 恶化的局势；慌乱；混乱；失控
  a situation that suddenly becomes much worse and is not under control
  1. Following the announcement, share prices went into a tailspin.
     公告宣布后，股市大跌。

英英释义

noun

• rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
  Synonym:spin
• loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse

双语例句

• The woman went into a tailspin after her husband died.
  那位妇人自丈夫死后精神就崩溃了。
• As the ink was drying on our check, the company went into a tailspin, and before long our preferred dividend was no longer being paid.
  支票上的墨迹未干，这个公司就开始螺旋式滑落，不久，我们的股票也见不到任何分红。
• The financial crisis that sent many economies into a tailspin also had a major impact on migration flows around the world.
  令许多经济体陷入困境的金融危机还对世界各地的人口迁徙产生了重大影响。
• The passage of the legislation is seen as essential to avoid a renewed tailspin in world financial markets, which reached the verge of meltdown last week before recovering as news of the plan emerged.
  该立法的通过，被视为对避免全球金融市场的再度混乱至关重要。全球金融市场上周曾濒临崩盘边缘，但在上述计划的消息传出后出现反弹。
• The FTSE All-World Emerging Index yesterday reached 433.2 in late London trade a level last seen the week before Lehman's demise sent markets into a tailspin.
  昨日伦敦市场尾盘，富时环球新兴市场指数（FTSEall-WorldEmergingIndex）达到433.2点，为雷曼倒闭导致全球股市暴跌前一周的水平。
• Feeling as if you don't belong that you've landed in a fortunate spot by luck or by accident can send anyone into a tailspin, from college students to corporate executives.
  感觉自己不属于所处的环境――认为自己是凭运气或偶然才到达这个幸运的位置――会让你陷入消沉，无论你是大学生还是企业高管。
• Their economies, whose financial systems proved largely immune to contagion from the virulent disease that spread around capital markets, continued to hold up relatively well while the US and Europe went into a tailspin.
  在美国和欧洲陷入衰退之际，金砖四国经济保持相对良好，它们的金融体系基本上没有受到资本市场蔓延的致命疾病的感染。
• Not surprisingly, the prospect of dressing down in a work situation is enough to send even the most aesthetically unconcerned of us into a sartorial tailspin.
  毫不奇怪，在工作场合穿着不够正式，这种担心足以令我们当中最不在意审美的人都陷入慌乱。
• French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, whose celebrity romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his ratings into a tailspin, is proving a hit with the public in her new role, a poll showed Sunday.
  上周日公布的一项民调显示，法国新任第一夫人卡拉•布吕尼-萨科齐时下人气大涨，而总统尼古拉斯•萨科齐则因大搞名人恋，导致其民众支持率一路下滑。
• All eyes are on Washington to pull the world out of its economic tailspin.
  所有的目光都关注华盛顿，关注它把世界拖出经济失控状态。