downturn是什么意思？

downturn

英[ˈdaʊntɜ:n] 美[ˈdaʊntɜrn]

• n. （价格或活动）开始下降，衰退，低迷时期；

复数：downturns;

例句

• The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload. 建筑业正经历工程量的严重滑坡。
• The 1990s witnessed a sharp downturn in the party’s fortunes. 20 世纪90 年代是该党遭遇严重挫折的时期。
• That makes it easier , of course, to get rid of surplus chaplains in a downturn. 当然, 这有助于在公司业绩低迷时减少富余的牧师数量.
• He recently dissuaded Ms Bridgewater from appearing on a Newsnight feature about the downturn. 他最近劝阻了布里奇沃特在《新闻之夜》(Newsnight)一期有关经济低迷的特别节目中露面.
• There was a downturn in interest rates this week. 本周利率下调.
• Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past. 很多经济学家认为经济衰退最糟糕的时期已经过去了。
• The economy has entered a sharp downturn, and unemployment and insolvencies can be expected to increase. 经济形势急转直下，失业与破产现象预计将会增多。
• The company has been hammered by the downturn in the construction and motor industries. 公司因建筑和汽车行业的衰退而受到了冲击。
• ...unchanged profits for 1990 due to a sharp downturn in the industry. 行业的急剧衰退导致了 1990 年利润维持不变
• They predicted a severe economic downturn. 他们预言会有严重的经济衰退。

英语四级真题

For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September 11th, 2001.
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英语六级真题

Depression" is more than a serious economic downturn.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (经济等的)衰退，下降趋势
  If there is a downturn in the economy or in a company or industry, it becomes worse or less successful than it had been.
  例句
  They predicted a severe economic downturn. 他们预言会有严重的经济衰退。 ...unchanged profits for 1990 due to a sharp downturn in the industry. 行业的急剧衰退导致了 1990 年利润维持不变

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (价格或活动)开始下降
  There was a downturn in interest rates this week. 本周利率下调。 The 1990s witnessed a sharp downturn in the party’s fortunes. 20 世纪90 年代是该党遭遇严重挫折的时期。 The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload. 建筑业正经历工程量的严重滑坡。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a worsening of business or economic activity;
  "the market took a downturn"