take a dive

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To decline rapidly.
    — Other broad market gauges took even steeper dives, with the Standard & Poor's 500, which includes financial stocks, falling 9.93%.
  2. To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally. idiomatic
    — I decided there could be a nice bit of irony in a situation where a boxer, with a crown his for the taking, deliberately takes a dive to get revenge on the man he hates, who is betting everything on the boxer's victory.
  3. To lose or fail intentionally. idiomatic

词形变化

takes a dive present,singular,third-person taking a dive participle,present took a dive past taken a dive participle,past

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近义词
throw
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