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

• Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are also planning cutbacks amid darkening economic outlooks around Asia, slumping prices for industrial commodities and rising production costs.
  随着亚洲各地经济前景越来越黯淡、工业用大宗商品价格大幅下跌、生产成本不断上升，力拓（RioTinto）和必和必拓（BHPBilliton）也在做瘦身规划。
• Executives lay the blame on slumping sales and changing priorities.
  高管们将问题怪罪于销量下滑和运营重点调整。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hong Kong's slumping economy also caused a rise in bankruptcy applications.
  香港经济低迷，破产申请个案随之上升。
• Demand for cars had begun slumping in Japan and the US even before the latest wave of global financial jitters, but it has been more than offset by surging sales in emerging markets.
  甚至在全球金融市场最新一波不安情绪出现之前，日本和美国的汽车需求就已开始大幅下滑，但新兴市场汽车销量的不断飙升远远抵消了这种影响。
• 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。
• But car sales are slumping, and it is clear that Tata Motors overpaid for its British trophies.
  但在汽车销售形势每况愈下的环境下，塔塔汽车收购这两个英国汽车品牌明显是吃亏了。
• 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。
• Slumping volumes and prices on the mainland have decimated the sector.
  内地市场低迷的交易量和价格已重创这一行业。