slump
美 [sl?mp]
英 [sl?mp] 
- n.衰退;銳減;蕭條期
- v.猛跌;重重地坐下(或倒下)
- 網絡暴跌;塌落;坍落
詞形變化
復數:slumps 現在分詞:slumping 過去式:slumped 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [i] (價格、價值、數量等)驟降,猛跌,銳減to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount |
| Sales have slumped this year. 今年銷售量銳減。 |
| Profits slumped by over 50%. 利潤突降 50% 以上。 |
| The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000. 此報紙的發行量驟減至 9 萬份。 |
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. 她撲通一聲跪倒在地。 |
1. | ~ (in sth) (銷售量、價格、價值等的)驟降,猛跌,銳減a sudden fall in sales, prices, the value of sth, etc. |
2. | 蕭條期;衰退a period when a country's economy or a business is doing very badly |
| the slump of the 1930s 20 世紀 30 年代的大蕭條 |
| The toy industry is in a slump. 玩具業現在不景氣。 |
英漢解釋
n. | 1. 【商】(物價等的)暴跌;(事業的)衰敗,低落;(精神等的)消沉,萎靡 |
v. | |
英英解釋
例句
Just when investors are persuaded the bottom of a bear market has been reached, share prices slump once more.
正當投資者認為熊市已到達底部之時,股價又再度大幅下挫。
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)破產后,如果不是因為從股市流出的資金轉向了債券,韓元的跌勢可能會更為凌厲。
I've never been stuck in such a slump before, my life seems pointless.
我從來沒這么低谷過,生活似乎變得毫無意義。
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the housing slump will continue to be a drag on U. S. growth into next year.
做為名詞,有累贅,拖累的意思。美國聯邦儲備委員會主席伯南克認為,房屋市場的不景氣會繼續成為美國經濟成長的絆腳石。
And this picture is often treated as evidence that trade contraction was somehow driving the slump.
這張圖經常被視作貿易萎縮導致經濟跳水的證據。
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,中國股市又率先反彈,隨后引領全球市場走出雷曼破產后的低迷期。
In a slump there is no natural tendency for the rate of interest to fall, because people's desire to hoard money is increasing.
經濟衰退時,利率不具有自然的下行傾向,因為人們囤積資金的欲望在增強。
This is bad news for Asia's export-led economies at a time when their domestic consumption is still not enough to compensate for a US slump.
對于亞洲出口型經濟體而言,這是個壞消息,因為目前它們的國內消費還不足以彌補美國經濟衰退帶來的影響。
Branded-goods groups must decide how much of the slump is cyclical and how much reflects a permanent change in consumer behavior.
名牌商品集團必須分成辨出,此輪市場蕭條多大程度上是周期性現象,多大程度上反映了消費者行為的永久性改變。
Economists don't agree on much, but there seems to be a wide consensus that the United States is in an innovation slump.
經濟學家們還沒有達成一致意見,但似乎有一種廣泛共識,那就是美國在創新經濟方面的衰退。
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.
于是阿瑟想看起來大家住在一起挺好,只要不發生戰爭、商業不衰退、不吃救濟;
IT HAS become known as the "Great Recession" , the year in which the global economy suffered its deepest slump since the second world war.
在眾所周知的”大蕭條“年中,全球經濟遭遇了自第二次世界大戰以來最大的經濟衰退。
Steven Gerrard has held his hands up over Liverpool's desperate slump in form, and vowed to improve to turn their season around.
史蒂芬已經承認本賽季利物浦狀態下滑,他發誓他們一定要扭轉他們的局面。
The worst of the media sector slump might be behind the company, he said, as he reported "some good signs of life" in advertising.
他表示,該公司可能已經度過了傳媒業的最嚴重滑坡,廣告業務出現了“一些好的復蘇跡象”。
They are planning to get out of the economic slump, watch out for each other and let fast rising nations help out.
領導人計劃走出經濟低谷,希望相互幫助并且希望新興的經濟大國能夠援助。
Fan said the slump in major stock markets was a correction of earlier overheating that would have a limited influence on other economies.
他表示主要股市的暴跌是對先前經濟過熱的調整,對于其他經濟體的影響非常有限。
Bankers warned yesterday that this trend was a creeping form of protectionism that could plunge the world into a deeper economic slump.
銀行家昨日警告稱,這種趨勢是保護主義的一種蔓延形式,可能使全球陷入更嚴重的經濟衰退之中。
The United States will no doubt find its way out of the ongoing slump.
無庸置疑,美國將找到走出現行衰退的陰影。
So, naturally, the only way out of the slump that I could think of was, I decided to call Oprah.
所以很自然唯一可以擺脫消沉我可以想到的就是去找奧普拉。
China's economy is picking up. The slump in global manufacturing seems to be easing.
中國的經濟正趨回暖,而全球制造業的大副下挫亦有所緩和。
Even in this year's unilateral market slump, corporate annuity return on investment is often better than the market.
即使在今年這樣的單邊暴跌市場中,企業年金的投資收益也往往好于大盤。
As you know and as I know, we have descended into a pretty deep slump, measured by unemployment and labor force participation rates.
如你我所知,以失業率和勞動就業率來衡量,我們陷入了一個相當深的不景氣狀態。
It's an intelligent question, the answer to which will largely determine whether the current slowdown turns into a worldwide slump.
這是一個聰明的問題,而答案在很大程度上決定了美國當前經濟逐漸減慢是否會變成世界范圍的經濟衰退。
He warns these countries will not be able to push the world economy out of a renewed slump.
他警告說,這些亞洲國家并沒有能力推動世界經濟擺脫一場新的衰退。
Many analysts believe that stocks are again in such a turbulent period, and that this rally could lead to another slump.
許多分析師認為,股市又進入了這種動蕩期,反彈可能導致另一次低迷。
Windows: The company is banking on a new operating system to break out of its slump.
Windows:公司正在指望一個新的操作系統來突破目前的銷售走低。
Well, that argument has no force now, since the chances that this slump will be over anytime soon are virtually nil.
鑒于衰退在短期內結束的可能性實際上為零,這種論調現在也是沒有意義的。
China, theoretically, should be one of the locomotives that will eventually help pull the world out of its slump.
理論上說,中國應該是一輛最終能幫助把世界經濟拉出低迷之谷的火車頭。
He describes the dazed incomprehension of those who came of age during the boom and who now do not know how to cope with a slump.
他描寫了那些在經濟繁榮時期成長起來的人們的幻覺與迷失,而現在一旦面對經濟衰退卻又束手無策。
While the slump did not reflect pessimism so much as an overdue dose of realism, it has had severe consequences nonetheless.
雖然它的衰退更多源于一個遲到的現實主義藥方,而不僅是悲觀情緒,但其結果仍然很嚴重。
I really resent the way the press is now saying that I'm depressed and in a slump, as if I'm finished.
我的確不滿媒體現在的說三道四,說我情緒低落而且生活頹廢,好像是我要完蛋了。
The private equity business, one of the iconic businesses of the boom, is struggling with a deep slump of its own.
那些私募基金(未必準確),是金融蓬勃發展的一個標記,現在在深失落中掙扎。
"A global slump would drive widespread position cutting, " he said. "Today's favourite trades would be tomorrow's dogs. "
他表示:“全球低迷將推動市場普遍削減頭寸。今天最受追捧的交易,在明天可能變得最不受歡迎。”
The only way we could have avoided a prolonged slump would have been for government spending to take up the slack.
我們避免衰退持續的方法是,政府應收緊財政支出。
Bringing it out of its slump, the Droid earned Motorola the number one spot on TIME's Top 10 Gadgets of the Year.
安卓不僅將該公司帶出了困境,還將其帶上了時代周刊小設備年度前十位。
However, there was better sentiment in Spain and the UK, where the extent of the market slump means many hope to see a bottom soon.
不過,西班牙和英國的市場人氣較好,兩國市場暴跌的程度,意味著很多人指望市場迅速見底。
Analysts said the slowdown was a return toward normal, sustainable growth, rather than the beginning of a worrying slump.
經濟分析家指出經濟的緩增長標志著經濟發展回歸到正常的,可持續的發展速度,并非預示著經濟衰退的開始,無需擔憂。
To be sure, the Obama administration is taking action to help the economy, but it's trying to mitigate the slump, not end it.
可以肯定的是,奧巴馬政府正在采取行動幫助經濟復蘇,但他的策略只是試圖減輕衰退,而非結束。
When sales slump due to a slow economy, a business owner's first inclination is often to cut the marketing budget.
在經濟蕭條的時候,各個行業的公司主管通常最傾向于削減市場宣傳方面的預算。
No signs so far, therefore, of the sort of dramatic price drops that might lead to a slump in investment and put pressure on the banks.
因此,迄今尚未有跡象表明,會出現那種可能導致投資銳減、銀行壓力增大的房價暴跌。