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

• Unexpected slumps or fluctuations in sales can kill a business if it is not prepared for them.
  如果没有做好准备，销售量意外暴跌或波动就可能会扼杀一个企业。
• When the market slumps, there's no chance for a new product to sell in large numbers.
  当市场暴跌时，新产品根本没有机会大量销售。
• 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。
• Imports of copper, oil and other commodities have set records as demand slumps elsewhere.
  在其它地区需求大幅萎缩的情况下，中国的铜、石油和其它大宗商品进口量均达到创纪录的水平。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。