1. In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall. 油价暴跌导致委内瑞拉经济猛跌。
2. An "open window" is not beneficial if you step through and free-fall four stories. 如果开窗的结果是直接从四楼掉了下去的话，“打开上市窗口”不一定是好事。
3. General Motors' shares went into free-fall on Thursday, dropping 31% after a rating agency threatened to downgrade its debt. 通用汽车的股票在周四自由落体，在某评价机构威胁要调低其评价后，股价下降了31%。
4. The darkest scenario-that investors panic at the Fed's loose policy, sending the dollar into free-fall-is becoming worryingly plausible. 令人担忧的最黑暗的一幕——投资者对美联储宽松政策的恐慌，让美元成为自由落体——正越来越成为可能。
5. I think it means the rate of decline in the economy, which during late last year and the first quarter of this year was like a free-fall, is definitely slowing down. 我认为，这表示，经过去年年底和今年第一季度自由落体式的经济下滑后，现在经济衰退的速度绝对是放慢了。
