[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
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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
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down·turn/ˈdaʊntɜːn; NAmEˈdaʊntɜːrn/noun[usually singular ]downturn(in sth) a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker (商业经济的)衰退,下降,衰退期◆a downturn in sales/trade/business销量╱贸易╱生意下跌◆the economic downturn of 2008/2009*2008/2009 年的经济衰退 OPP
downturndown‧turn /ˈdaʊntɜːn $ -tɜːrn/ noun [countable usually singular]
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a period or process in which business activity, production etc is reduced and conditions become worseOPP upturn: America’s current economic downturndownturn in a downturn in the auto industry
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低迷时期(100%)
n.衰退(经济方面);低迷时期
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