| 词汇 | roller-coaster |
| 释义 | roller coaster noun[ C ] us/ˈroʊ·lər ˌkoʊ·stər/pluralroller coasters a small railroad, esp. in an amusement park, with open cars that travel quickly along a steep, curved track that goes up and down over and over A roller coaster is also a feeling, situation, or experience that changes very quickly: an emotional roller coaster roller coaster | Business Englishroller coaster noun[ S ] ukus a situation in which prices, rates, etc. keep going up and down by large amounts very quickly: Last week the roller coaster of crude oil prices climbed to $89.47 on Thursday and $90 on Friday. Mortgage chaos sent the stock market on a roller coaster ride. Examples of roller coasterroller coaster People must be prepared for this vertiginous and fascinating rollercoaster of change. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have seen a rollercoaster ride through the 1980s and 1990s in terms of trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the plain fact is that since 1979 our pound has been the sick man on the rollercoaster of other world currencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His use of such phrases surprised me, because we have been on a rollercoaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last year has been something of a rollercoaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We seem to have had a rollercoaster of interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The boom-bust rollercoaster has once again been let loose and the events of the 1980s and those of earlier decades look like repeating themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before we knew it, we were all on a rollercoaster but, ironically, their own industries were damaged even more than ours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In essence, we are on a rollercoaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The recent reverberations from the rollercoaster ride of the stock markets in the region is a small but timely reminder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since then, as we know, the euro's exchange rate has followed a rollercoaster course. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is the rollercoaster approach to public expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It looks like a rollercoaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are on some kind of rollercoaster, in that no matter what we try to do, it seems to get more expensive by the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, the business community—the lifeblood of our economy—has been beset by a roller coaster ride of interest rates, which has been deeply damaging over the past 20 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of roller coaster These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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