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单词 upturn
释义
upturn
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʌp.tɜːn/us
/ˈʌp.tɝːn/
(especiallyineconomics) animprovementor achangeto ahigherlevelorvalue:
（尤指经济的）好转，回升，改善
asharpupturnintheeconomy经济的陡然好转
Opposite
downturn
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
an increase
  • increaseThere has been an sharp increase in municipal taxes this year.
  • riseLast month saw a rise in the rate of inflation.
  • gainWe are not seeing the gains in productivity that we expected.
  • boostWe are hoping for a boost in sales this year.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming better
  • alive
  • bloom
  • blossom
  • bounce
  • by/in leaps and boundsidiom
  • come aliveidiom
  • come along
  • consolidate
  • heal
  • mendyourwaysidiom
  • move on to bigger/better thingsidiom
  • on the up (and up)idiom
  • perk
  • perk(someone)up
  • rally
  • shape up or ship out!idiom
  • sharpen(something)up
  • sharpen up your actidiom
  • straighten
  • straighten up
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Price increases
Economics
(Definition ofupturnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

upturn| Business English

upturn
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
/ˈʌptɜːn/us
anincreasein theamountorsuccessof something, such as a country'seconomicactivity:
economic/market upturnThere arefearsthathigherborrowingrateswillthreatentheeconomicupturn.
an upturn in sthThere are still nosignsof an upturn inglobaleconomicgrowth.
experience/see an upturnForecastersexpecttoseean upturn inconsumerspendingby the end of theyear.
anupturn inprices/profits/sales
adramatic/sharp/significantupturn
agradual/sustainedupturn
Compare
downturn
(Definition ofupturnfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofupturn

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They are either nonprofit or modestly profitable (and in return they will be protected from the upturns and downturns of the competitive marketplace).
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This happens because employers want to retain quality workers in cyclical upturns.
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Both organic farming support measures and an expansion in relevant marketing initiatives contributed to thisupturnin numbers2-4.
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However, we have not observed this predictedupturnin exact calculations.
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These figures need to be put in the context of the agriculturalupturnof the 1850s and 1860s.
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However, in contrast to water, capital investment in streets increased steadily again after 1886 with a majorupturnin investment concentrated around 1896-1906.
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If this set of questions can be answered for a few regions in the world, in different continents, they would provide the basis for anupturnin sustainable resource use.
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This expansion is due to the increasing demand for olive oil by national and international markets, and has been accompanied by anupturnin nursery activity.
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Concerns about wartime inflation surfaced before theupturnin the cocoa market, but they did not affect producer-price policy significantly until financial constraints on the control board eased.
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But theupturnwas shortlived.
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How much the spurt in the mid-1890s owed to the easing of the technical obstacles and how much to the economicupturnis impossible to tell.
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New ships await economicupturn.
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If there is anupturn, an awful lot of roofs will have to be replaced in the west midlands.
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But there are no signs, despite the doomsters' prophecies of last year, that theupturnin manufacturing is petering out.
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The modern high-technology industries, which will benefit most from theupturn, are already there.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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