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单词 falling-off
释义
falling-off
noun[S]
uk
/ˌfɔː.lɪŋˈɒf/us
/ˌfɑː.lɪŋˈɑːf/
thefactof arate,amount, orquantitybecomingsmallerorlower:
（数量）减少；（比率）下降；（质量）降低
Hotels haverecordeda falling-off inreservationsthissummer.旅馆记录显示今夏预订率下降了。
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
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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(Definition offalling-offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

falling-off| Business English

falling-off
noun[S]
uk
us
agradualreductionin theprice,amount,level, etc. of something:
Ourbusinessexperiencedamajorfalling-off when ahypermarketopenedjust amileaway.
a falling-off in sthThere has been a falling-off intraffictoourwebsiterecently.
(Definition offalling-offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is true that some students are being called up for military service, but that cannot wholly explain the greatfalling-off.
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If allowed on the channels, these publications could cause a colossalfalling-offin display advertising revenue and change completely the whole basis of newspaper financing.
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In spite of any boasted improvement, that indicates a very substantialfalling-offin trade.
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There will be nofalling-offin respect of the medical test.
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We very much regret that, owing to thefalling-offin imports of sheet steel, we cannot supply these industries with all the steel they require.
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There is no realfalling-offin the number of very high incomes, though there has been some change in the division of incomes.
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British shipowners attribute this tremendousfalling-offof orders to the abolition of investment grants for shipping.
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In 1910 thefalling-offwas 39,000; in 1912 it was 45,000.
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There is bound to be at first, at any rate, afalling-offin the re- venue.
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What is to happen when there is a subsequentfalling-offin performance?
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The statistics show that there has been afalling-offin the rate of growth of consumer credit as a result.
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The other, if that is avoided, is a return to afalling-offin demand, and what we used to call industrial depression.
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If there has been afalling-offin standards of behaviour and in our manners, why is that so?
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I am certain that thefalling-offin demand can be explained partly by the enormous expenditure on armaments, and the psychological influences of that expenditure.
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Indeed, some £900,000 capital investment has not been fully utilised due to thefalling-offin sales in 1976–77.
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