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
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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

• 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
• As the greenback slumps, these countries have ever-stronger domestic reasons to allow their currencies to rise.
  随着资金供给支持减少，这些国家已经有足够多的理由使得自己的本国货币升值。
• 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。
• As the market slumps, homeowners are taking action to stop the build-up of boards.
  随着市场的低迷，房主正在采取行动，制止集结板。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He slumps because he's shot. don't mean he's dead.
  他落马因为中弹，落马不表示他死了。
• 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 back of her hair and her veil are lifted, and then she slumps down in the car.
  布托背后的头发和面纱都被掀了起来，她突然跌进了车里。