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

• When the economy slumps, companies typically find themselves with large stocks of unsold goods.
  当经济衰退来临，公司通常发现他们的产成品库存量很大。
• 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。
• Although output growth is slowing as the housing market slumps, petrol prices have plunged in the past couple of months and the stock market is up.
  虽然产量成长缓慢，一如住宅市场萎靡不振，过去的几月间，汽油价格下滑，股市上扬。
• 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。
• The recent surge in the dollar and slumps in currencies such as the euro and the yen have been attributed largely to the introduction of unorthodox monetary measures by central banks.
  近期美元大幅上涨，而欧元和日元走低，基本上都被归因于相关央行推出非正统的货币政策。
• 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 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。
• Much of the pain this year will continue to be felt in the US, where slumps in the housing and credit markets sapped consumer demand for vehicles.
  今年，美国将继续感受大部分痛苦，美国住房及信贷市场的低迷侵蚀了消费者对汽车的需求。
• 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
• UK, US and European nations all clamped down on short selling during the crisis over fears it was exacerbating market slumps, particularly in financial stocks.
  在金融危机期间，英国、美国和欧洲其它国家全都限制卖空交易，因为担忧卖空交易会加剧市场（尤其是金融类股）的暴跌。