slump

US [slʌmp]
UK [slʌmp]
  • n.衰退；锐减；萧条期
  • v.猛跌；重重地坐下（或倒下）
  • Web暴跌；塌落；坍落
Plural Form：slumps  Present Participle：slumping  Past Tense：slumped  

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slump
v.
1.
[i]
（价格、价值、数量等）骤降，猛跌，锐减to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount
Sales have slumped this year.
今年销售量锐减。
Profits slumped by over 50%.
利润突降 50% 以上。
The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000.
此报纸的发行量骤减至 9 万份。
2.
[i]
+ adv./prep.
重重地坐下（或倒下）to sit or fall down heavily
The old man slumped down in his chair.
老先生一屁股跌坐到椅子上。
She slumped to her knees.
她扑通一声跪倒在地。
n.
1.
~ (in sth)
（销售量、价格、价值等的）骤降，猛跌，锐减a sudden fall in sales, prices, the value of sth, etc.
a slump in profits
利润锐减
2.
萧条期；衰退a period when a country's economy or a business is doing very badly
the slump of the 1930s
20 世纪 30 年代的大萧条
The toy industry is in a slump.
玩具业现在不景气。

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1.
Just when investors are persuaded the bottom of a bear market has been reached, share prices slump once more.
正当投资者认为熊市已到达底部之时，股价又再度大幅下挫。
zhèng dàng tóu zī zhě rèn wéi xióng shì yǐ dào dá dǐ bù zhī shí , gǔ jià yòu zài dù dà fú xià cuò 。
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2.
The sharp post-Lehman slump in the won could have been a lot sharper had flows out of equities not re-directed into bonds, as they did.
雷曼（Lehman）破产后，如果不是因为从股市流出的资金转向了债券，韩元的跌势可能会更为凌厉。
léi màn ( Lehman ) pò chǎn hòu , rú guǒ bú shì yīn wèi cóng gǔ shì liú chū de zī jīn zhuǎn xiàng le zhài quàn , hán yuán de diē shì kě néng huì gèng wéi líng lì 。
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3.
I've never been stuck in such a slump before, my life seems pointless.
我从来没这么低谷过，生活似乎变得毫无意义。
wǒ cóng lái méi zhè me dī gǔ guò , shēng huó sì hū biàn de háo wú yì yì 。
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4.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the housing slump will continue to be a drag on U. S. growth into next year.
做为名词，有累赘，拖累的意思。美国联邦储备委员会主席伯南克认为，房屋市场的不景气会继续成为美国经济成长的绊脚石。
zuò wéi míng cí , yǒu léi zhuì , tuō lěi de yì si 。 měi guó lián bāng chǔ bèi wěi yuán huì zhǔ xí bó nán kè rèn wéi , fáng wū shì chǎng de bù jǐng qì huì jì xù chéng wéi měi guó jīng jì chéng zhǎng de bàn jiǎo shí 。
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5.
And this picture is often treated as evidence that trade contraction was somehow driving the slump.
这张图经常被视作贸易萎缩导致经济跳水的证据。
zhè zhāng tú jīng cháng bèi shì zuò mào yì wěi suō dǎo zhì jīng jì tiào shuǐ de zhèng jù 。
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6.
Almost a year later, the Chinese stock market was the first to turn and then lead the world's markets out of their post-Lehman slump.
差不多一年后，中国股市又率先反弹，随后引领全球市场走出雷曼破产后的低迷期。
chà bu duō yī nián hòu , zhōng guó gǔ shì yòu shuài xiān fǎn tán , suí hòu yǐn lǐng quán qiú shì chǎng zǒu chū léi màn pò chǎn hòu de dī mí qī 。
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7.
In a slump there is no natural tendency for the rate of interest to fall, because people's desire to hoard money is increasing.
经济衰退时，利率不具有自然的下行倾向，因为人们囤积资金的欲望在增强。
jīng jì shuāi tuì shí , lì lǜ bù jù yǒu zì rán de xià xíng qīng xiàng , yīn wèi rén men tún jī zī jīn de yù wàng zài zēng qiáng 。
www.ftchinese.com
8.
Branded-goods groups must decide how much of the slump is cyclical and how much reflects a permanent change in consumer behavior.
名牌商品集团必须分成辨出，此轮市场萧条多大程度上是周期性现象，多大程度上反映了消费者行为的永久性改变。
míng pái shāng pǐn jí tuán bì xū fēn chéng biàn chū , cǐ lún shì chǎng xiāo tiáo duō dà chéng dù shàng shì zhōu qī xìng xiàn xiàng , duō dà chéng dù shàng fǎn yìng le xiāo fèi zhě xíng wéi de yǒng jiǔ xìng gǎi biàn 。
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9.
Economists don't agree on much, but there seems to be a wide consensus that the United States is in an innovation slump.
经济学家们还没有达成一致意见，但似乎有一种广泛共识，那就是美国在创新经济方面的衰退。
jīng jì xué jiā men hái méi yǒu dá chéng yí zhì yì jiàn , dàn sì hū yǒu yī zhǒng guǎng fàn gòng shí , nà jiù shì měi guó zài chuàng xīn jīng jì fāng miàn de shuāi tuì 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
So it looked as though they'd be all right together, he thought, as long as a war didn't start, or trade slump and bring back the dole.
于是阿瑟想看起来大家住在一起挺好，只要不发生战争、商业不衰退、不吃救济；
yú shì ā sè xiǎng kàn qǐ lái dà jiā zhù zài yì qǐ tǐng hǎo , zhǐ yào bù fā shēng zhàn zhēng 、 shāng yè bù shuāi tuì 、 bù chī jiù jì ;
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