slump

英 [slʌmp] 美 [slʌmp]

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※ 提供单词"slump"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

slump (v.): 1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.
The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]
Economic sense from 1888.
slump (n.): "act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business."

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1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.: 由于国内需求大幅下降，生产已经停止。

2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.: 他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。

3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.: 经济长期疲软可能会对固特异公司造成影响。