slumps

英 [slʌmps]

美 [slʌmps]

v.  (价格、价值、数量等)骤降，猛跌，锐减; 重重地坐下(或倒下)
n.  (销售量、价格、价值等的)骤降，猛跌，锐减; 萧条期; 衰退
slump的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 急剧下降;暴跌
  If something such as the value of somethingslumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
  1. Net profits slumped by 41%...
     净利润暴跌了 41%。
  2. Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s.
     苏格兰政府的支持率骤跌至 20 世纪 70 年代以来的最低水平。Slumpis also a noun.
  3. ...a slump in property prices.
     房地产价格的暴跌
• N-COUNT 不景气;萧条;衰退
  Aslumpis a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
  1. ...the slump of the early 1980s.
     20 世纪 80 年代初的大萧条
• VERB (因疲劳、生病等而重重)倒下，跌倒
  If youslumpsomewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
  1. She slumped into a chair...
     她轰然倒在了椅子上。
  2. He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
     他看见司机一头栽在了方向盘上。

双语例句

• The US, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece have all suffered unprecedented property slumps in recent years.
  美国、西班牙、爱尔兰、葡萄牙和希腊的房地产市场最近几年都出现了史无前例的暴跌。
• To combat afternoon slumps in enthusiasm and focus, take a walk during the lunch hour.
  为了避免一到下午热情和注意力出现骤减，你可以在午餐时间散散步。
• But, in the absence of exchange rate flexibility and in the presence of high interest rates, cutting fiscal deficits on its own may well exacerbate slumps.
  但在没有弹性汇率，而利率高企的前提下，单纯削减财政赤字很可能会加重经济低迷。
• When the economy slumps, however, these lifestyles have lost some of their luster.
  当经济衰落时，然而，这些生活方式丢失了他们的色泽。
• If this adjustment is blocked by weak demand and very low inflation in core countries, the vulnerable countries will be locked into semi-permanent slumps.
  如果核心成员国的需求疲软和极低通胀导致调整难以展开，较疲弱的成员国就可能陷入持续时间较长的经济下滑。
• The bust, when it comes, may not be as deep or as long as previous farm slumps because biofuels now link grain and energy prices, says Richard Gray, an economist at the University of Saskatchewan.
  萨斯喀彻温省大学的一位经济学家RichardGray认为，同以往农场衰落时期相比，当前的农场经济萧条可能不会产生影响深远或持续长久，因为生物燃料现在正同粮食和能源价格密切相关。
• They take the position that fiscal "stimulus" of all kinds is effective against slumps of all causes.
  他们认为，无论是应对由何种原因导致的衰退，各类财政“刺激”都是有效的。
• The figures were far below forecasts, even in the light of sharp slumps in exports in November from both Taiwan and South Korea.
  即使考虑到台湾和韩国11月出口的急剧下降，这些数据也远低于预期。
• On this view booms and slumps are fluctuations around a given trend and any monetary or fiscal stimulus in the downturn must be reversed in the upturn, for example by a budget surplus or a monetary slowdown.
  从这种观点看，繁荣和衰退就是围绕着一种给定趋势的波动，同时，低迷时期的任何货币或财政刺激，都必须在上升时期予以逆转比如说通过预算盈余或货币供应减速等手段。
• Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools... to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations
  现代社会拥有结束周期性停滞和恶性通货膨胀的财政和金融手段