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Downturn Economic Economy Company Word Business 英 Daʊntɜːn] 美

英语单词 downturn
英美音标 英 ['daʊntɜːn] 美 ['daʊntɜːrn]
中文释义 n.低迷时期
英语例句 (1) We have a downturn in the economy.
(2) The current US downturn could not be more different.
(3) The report shows the economic downturn has substantially reduced Panama's revenue.
中文例句 (1) 经济会出现低迷。
(2) 目前美国的经济低迷与当时的情况截然不同。
(3) 据报告显示,由于经济低迷,巴拿马的财政收入大大减少。
vocabulary简明 A dip or reduction in an economic measure is a downturn. If a company makes less money than it did last year, for example, that's a downturn.
vocabulary扩展 You'll often find the word downturn in business or economic news, describing the country's entire economy, or the activity of a particular sector of the economy. If car sales decline, that's a downturn, and if fewer homes are sold, it's a downturn in the housing market. Ever since the mid-1920s, the word downturn has been commonly used by economists and business reporters.
柯林斯解释
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[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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