slump 英 [slʌmp]   美 [slʌmp]

slump

slump  英 [slʌmp] 美 [slʌmp]

v. 下降,暴跌  n. 衰退;暴跌 

进行时:slumping  过去式:slumped  过去分词:slumped  第三人称单数:slumps  名词复数:slumps 

Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
Profits slumped by over 50%. 利润突降 50% 以上。

  • To slump is to fall or slouch down. It's also a downturn in performance — a struggling ballplayer and a sinking economy are both in a slump.
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  • v. 下降,暴跌
  • n. 衰退;暴跌
  • 1. Sales have slumped this year.

    今年销售量锐减。

  • 2. Profits slumped by over 50%.

    利润突降 50% 以上。

  • 3. The old man slumped down in his chair.

    老先生一屁股跌坐到椅子上。

  • 4. She slumped to her knees.

    她扑通一声跪倒在地。

  • 5. a slump in profits

    利润锐减

  • 6. the slump of the 1930s

    *20 世纪 30 年代的大萧条

  • 7. The toy industry is in a slump.

    玩具业现在不景气。

  • slump (n.) "act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business."
  • slump (v.) 1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.
slump / slʌmp ; NAmE slʌmp / verb , noun slump slumps slumped slumping verb 1 [intransitive ] to fall in price, value, number, etc, suddenly and by a large amount (价格、价值、数量等)骤降,猛跌,锐减 SYN drop Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。 slumpby sth Profits slumped by over 50%. 利润突降 50% 以上。 slump(from sth) (to sth) The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000. 此报纸的发行量骤减至 9 万份。 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to sit or fall down heavily 重重地坐下(或倒下) The old man slumped down in his chair. 老先生一屁股跌坐到椅子上。 She slumped to her knees. 她扑通一声跪倒在地。 noun 1 slump(in sth) a sudden fall in sales, prices, the value of sth, etc. (销售量、价格、价值等的)骤降,猛跌,锐减 SYN decline a slump in profits 利润锐减 2 a period when a country's economy or a business is doing very badly 萧条期;衰退 the slump of the 1930s *20 世纪 30 年代的大萧条 The toy industry is in a slump. 玩具业现在不景气。 compare boom n.  (1 ) slump / slʌmp ; NAmE slʌmp /
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