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单词 downturn
释义
downturn
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈdaʊn.tɜːn/us
/ˈdaʊn.tɝːn/
areductionin theamountorsuccessof something, such as a country'seconomicactivity:
衰退，渐入低迷
thecontinuingeconomicdownturn经济的持续衰退
There isevidenceof a downturninthehousingmarket.房产市场出现了衰退的迹象。
Synonym
downswing
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upturn
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the fact of getting smaller or becoming less
  • decreaseThere has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
  • fallA fall in the price of petrol is unlikely.
  • fall-offThere's been a sharp fall-off in demand for the product since the company's scandal broke.
  • falling-offThere has been a slight falling-off in public sector employment growth.
  • riseThere has been a sharp rise in home sales this month.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Price decreases
  • bargain
  • bear market
  • bearish
  • closeout
  • concessional
  • couponer
  • couponing
  • cratering
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • depreciate
  • depress
  • drop off
  • freeze
  • marksomethingdown
  • overdiscount
  • post-devaluation
  • projected value
  • promo code
  • spiral
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Economics
(Definition ofdownturnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

downturn| American Dictionary

downturn
noun[C]
us
/ˈdɑʊnˌtɜrn/
areductionin theamountorsuccessof something:
a downturn incarsales
(Definition ofdownturnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

downturn| Business English

downturn
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
/ˈdaʊntɜːn/us
(alsodownswing)
ECONOMICS
areductionin theamountorsuccessof something, such as a country'seconomicactivity:
economic/market downturnThousands ofworkershavelosttheirjobsin theeconomicdownturn.
There isevidenceof adownturn inthehousingmarket.
see/experience/suffer a downturnThecompanysawa downturn insalesover the last sixmonths.
aserious/severe/sharpdownturn
aglobal/world/generaldownturn

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upturn
(Definition ofdownturnfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdownturn

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However, we have found that bank capital tends to move counter-cyclically: that is, banks tend to increase capital during economic downturns.
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The first two years in the scenario assume a period of economicdownturn.
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This result sheds light on the fact that economic development is associated with recurring downturns.
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Totimehuacan benefited from easier access to courts and government authorities, but it also had to endure the city's economic downturns, epidemics, and military occupations.
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For some countries, there were hints of an impendingdownturnas early as the year 2000.
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However, the downturns are mild, leaving emissions in the high-income countries only slightly below their current levels.
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Sudden scandals, adownturnin the economy or policy failure can rapidly change a party's fortunes.
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And a marketdownturncould disproportionately affect benefits received by low lifetime earners.
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However, this was already a time of hardship, as is seen in thedownturnof rents and the frequency and magnitude of rent acquittals.
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Our analysis shows that bearish consumers and entrepreneurs were present before the onset of specific economic downturns, even when the fundamentals were all very strong.
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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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An economicdownturnagain slowed spending in the late 1850s.
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However, these results must be viewed against a backdrop of employment and economic downturns, as well as other external factors impinging on the agency.
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In 1992-3, the combination of severe drought and a sharpdownturnin world prices seriously depressed the sector.
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A further comment is worth making here about the currentdownturnin the world's economies.
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