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slump v.大幅度下跌；猛然瘫坐；使倒下n.暴跌；低潮状态；(土地)下沉 (1) 上月销售量骤降。(2) 节日过后生意下降了。(3) 他身子向前一歪,猛地倒在靠椅里。(4) 他那瘦长的身躯一下子安乐椅里。(5) 物价暴跌使他的生意大受打击。(6) 她事业中曾出现过低谷。(7) 玩具业现在不景气。(8) 昨天广西省发生了土崩。 There are many kinds of slumps, but they all involve things going downhill. If you slide down in your chair, you slump. Other slumps are less physical. If a successful quarterback starts losing games and throwing interceptions, that's a slump. The original meaning of slump, back in the 1670s, was "fall or sink into a muddy place," while the more figurative meanings came much later.

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英 [slʌmp] 美 [slʌmp] (1) Sales have slumped in the last month.(2) Business slumped after the holiday.(3) He swayed forward and slumped down in his chair.(4) He slumped his lanky frame in an easy chair.(5) The slump hit his business hard.(6) There was once a slump in her career.(7) The toy industry is in a slump.(8) It broke out soil slump yesterday in Guangxi province. 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. 1[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3[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。

英语单词	slump
英美音标	英 [slʌmp] 美 [slʌmp]
中文释义	v.大幅度下跌；猛然瘫坐；使倒下 n.暴跌；低潮状态；(土地)下沉
英语例句	(1) Sales have slumped in the last month. (2) Business slumped after the holiday. (3) He swayed forward and slumped down in his chair. (4) He slumped his lanky frame in an easy chair. (5) The slump hit his business hard. (6) There was once a slump in her career. (7) The toy industry is in a slump. (8) It broke out soil slump yesterday in Guangxi province.
中文例句	(1) 上月销售量骤降。 (2) 节日过后生意下降了。 (3) 他身子向前一歪,猛地倒在靠椅里。 (4) 他那瘦长的身躯一下子安乐椅里。 (5) 物价暴跌使他的生意大受打击。 (6) 她事业中曾出现过低谷。 (7) 玩具业现在不景气。 (8) 昨天广西省发生了土崩。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	There are many kinds of slumps, but they all involve things going downhill. If you slide down in your chair, you slump. Other slumps are less physical. If a successful quarterback starts losing games and throwing interceptions, that's a slump. The original meaning of slump, back in the 1670s, was "fall or sink into a muddy place," while the more figurative meanings came much later.
柯林斯解释	1 [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 3 [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。

Slump Slumped Ed Business Chair Fall Verb 动词