slumping

英 [ˈslʌmpɪŋ]

美 [ˈslʌmpɪŋ]

v.  (价格、价值、数量等)骤降，猛跌，锐减; 重重地坐下(或倒下)
slump的现在分词

COCA.27738

柯林斯词典

• VERB 急剧下降;暴跌
  If something such as the value of somethingslumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
  1. Net profits slumped by 41%...
     净利润暴跌了 41%。
  2. 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。Slumpis also a noun.
  3. ...a slump in property prices.
     房地产价格的暴跌
• N-COUNT 不景气;萧条;衰退
  Aslumpis a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
  1. ...the slump of the early 1980s.
     20 世纪 80 年代初的大萧条
• VERB (因疲劳、生病等而重重)倒下，跌倒
  If youslumpsomewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
  1. She slumped into a chair...
     她轰然倒在了椅子上。
  2. He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
     他看见司机一头栽在了方向盘上。

双语例句

• The Fed and Treasury were expecting the economy to weaken but not as rapidly as it has, with collapsing consumer confidence, falling home starts, slumping retail sales and falling industrial production.
  美联储和财政部曾预计经济将出现疲软，但未料想到如此迅速，同时出现了消费者信心日益瓦解、新房开工数不断下降、零售销售大幅滑坡和工业产出持续下降的局面。
• Investors could be forgiven for thinking the market was dying based on their slumping sales.
  从个人电脑市场的疲弱销售看，投资者有理由认为这一市场正在消亡。
• Slumping has the effect of closing the chest and reduces your ability to breathe freely.
  弯腰驼背会让你的胸腔难以打开，减少了你自由呼吸的能力。
• Mrs Merkel's coalition is slumping in part because voters dislike giant German-backed rescues of shaky euro members.
  因为选民们不喜欢目前德国力挺的救助欧元区风雨飘摇中的国家的计划，默克尔夫人的同盟已经开始处处掣肘。
• Slumping international demand combined with an American public ordering fewer cheese pizzas has turned the milk market sour.
  疲软的国际需求加上美国公众较少的奶酪比萨订单，使得牛奶市场变得消沉。
• While the slowdown has alarmed many Chinese media outlets and netizens, Slumping Economy takes a tongue-in-cheek approach.
  虽然经济降温给许多中国媒体和网民敲响了警钟，但“不景气”却采取了一种半开玩笑的态度。
• Slumping in my chair, chin in hands, I wondered what all this was worth.
  我瘫坐在椅子上，用手托着下巴，心中问道：做这一切值吗？
• Home prices in big US cities dropped at a record rate last year as slumping sales and rising foreclosures hammered the housing market.
  不断下滑的销售额和日益增加的丧失抵押品赎回权令美国房市遭受重创，去年该国各大城市的房价以创纪录的速度下跌。
• Two of the world's top four computer manufacturers have announced a shotgun wedding prompted by slumping sales and disastrous financial losses.
  世界四大计算机制造商中的两家因销量锐减和严重亏损已闪电宣布合并。
• House prices are slumping, and homeowners are losing their homes.
  房价还在下跌，物主们正失去自己的家园。