slump

英 [slʌmp] 美[slʌmp]

vi. 下降，衰落；倒下；大幅度下降，暴跌
vt. 使降低；使衰落；使倒下
n. 衰退；暴跌；消沉

近义词 depression sink lapse flop

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英英释义

1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;: "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

考试真题

Political sentiment is notoriously changeable: What if things begin to go wrong for Obama, and his popularity slumps?

实用场景例句

Sales have slumped this year.: 今年销售量锐减。

Profits slumped by over 50%.: 利润突降50%以上。

The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000.: 此报纸的发行量骤减至9万份。

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。

a slump in profits: 利润锐减

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。

Net profits slumped by 41%...: 净利润暴跌了 41%。

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。 <b>Slump</b> is also a noun.

...the slump of the early 1980s.: 20 世纪 80 年代初的大萧条

She slumped into a chair...: 她轰然倒在了椅子上。

He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.: 他看见司机一头栽在了方向盘上。

Season in reincarnation, the spring breeze off the winter slump and desolation, outlines wonderful colors.: 季节在轮回, 春风剥落了冬的凋敝与苍凉, 勾勒出绚丽多姿的缤纷色彩.

The economy had begun to slump, unemployment had risen.: 经济开始萧条, 失业人数上升.

California and Florida have been hard hit by the housing slump.: 这两个地区曾经是最难遭到房地产业萧条影响的两个州.

His other investments are primarily in real estate, which hit by a slump this year.: 他的其他投资项目都集中在房地产方面 —— 在今年受到了经济衰退的打击.

She is in a slump in her career.: 她处在事业的低谷.

Even a slump, there is money to be made processing transactions.: 并购业务量虽然有所下降, 但也还能赚钱.

The slump in global demand a strengthening yen have crushed Japan's exports.: 全球需求大幅下降加上日元升值严重影响了日本出口.

The slump in the financial markets smashed him.: 金融市场的暴跌击溃了他.

Their electorates will care if their government is insolvent or their countries suffer decades of slump.: 如果这些国家的政府无力偿债,或者经济持续几十年萎靡不振,选民们是不会冷眼旁观的.

Shaanbei Luochuan loess plateau is one of soil erosion districts slump.: 陕北洛川黄土塬是水土流失严重的地区.

Even white truffles, the prized culinary delicacy , could not escape the slump.: 即便是食中珍馐松露也难逃贬值的命运.

Economists are forecasting a slump.: 经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退.

" And some people are expecting a slump!: “ 也有人看跌呢!

助记提示

音：死落扑，这人死了猛然落下扑倒在地
2. 谐音“是落坡、是落魄、使落魄、使落破、是南坡、衰落破”-----衰落、破产。
3. slump <====> plums: 李子大批地、一坨一坨地掉落。
4. -lump / -ump 结尾的词有象声词，砰然落下的味道: flump 砰然声, 重落, plump 扑通一声倒下，dump 倾倒，jump 跳起.
5. slip + dump => slump.
6. slip + plump (扑通一声倒下) => slump.
7. dump => slump.
8. plump, lump, bump: 因为撞击而形成并引申出的肿块、大块、丰满、圆胖之意。所以它们的本义都是模拟撞击的声音。
9. s-(谐音“摔”) + lump: 重重地摔下形成一个大大的肿块。

双语例句

1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.: 由于国内需求大幅下降，生产已经停止。

2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.: 他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。

3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.: 经济长期疲软可能会对固特异公司造成影响。

4. He can afford to sit out the property slump.: 他的经济实力可以撑过这次房地产市场萧条期。

5. She is in a slump in her career.: 她处在事业的低谷.

英文词源

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.
The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]
Economic sense from 1888.
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."

词态变化

复数: slumps;第三人称单数: slumps;过去式: slumped;过去分词: slumped;现在分词: slumping;

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