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The word 'slump' can mean a sudden and significant decrease in value, quantity, or popularity (noun, e.g. "a slump in sales"), or it can describe the act of falling or collapsing heavily due to weakness or illness (verb, e.g. "slumped into a chair"). It can also refer to a period of economic downturn or inactivity.

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[VERB 动词]急剧下降;暴跌 If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
  [V prep]
  [Also V]
  • 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。 Slump is also a noun.

  • ...a slump in property prices.

    房地产价格的暴跌

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]不景气;萧条;衰退 A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
  • ...the slump of the early 1980s.

    20 世纪 80 年代初的大萧条

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[VERB 动词](因疲劳、生病等而重重)倒下,跌倒 If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V-ed]
  • 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。


Oxford slump / slʌmp ; NAmE slʌmp /
verb
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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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slumpslump1 /slʌmp/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive] to fall or lean against something because you are not strong enough to standslump against/over/back etc She slumped against the wall. Carol slumped back in her chair, defeated. Ben staggered and slumped onto the floor.2[intransitive] to suddenly go down in price, value, or number OPP  soar:  Sales slumped by 20% last year.slump to The currency slumped to a record low.3[intransitive, transitive] (also be slumped) if your shoulders or head slump or are slumped, they bend forward because you are unhappy, tired, or unconscious:  Her shoulders slumped and her eyes filled with tears.
slump1 verb
slump2 noun
slumpslump2 ●○○ noun [countable usually singular]
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1a sudden decrease in prices, sales, profits etcslump in a slump in car sales2a period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs OPP  boom:  The war was followed by an economic slump. a worldwide slump3especially American English a period when a player or team does not play wellin a slump The Dodgers have been in a slump for the last three weeks.
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slump

[slʌmp]slumped, slumping, slumps

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slumped[365]
暴跌(78%),使倒下(9%),低潮状态(9%),猛然瘫坐(2%),大幅度下跌(2%)
vt.使降低;使衰落;使倒下
n.衰退;暴跌;消沉
vi.下降,衰落;倒下;大幅度下降,暴跌

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