slump

英 [sl?mp] 美[sl?mp]
  • vi. 下降,衰落;倒下;大幅度下降,暴跌
  • vt. 使降低;使衰落;使倒下
  • n. 衰退;暴跌;消沉

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詞態(tài)變化


復數(shù):?slumps;第三人稱單數(shù):?slumps;過去式:?slumped;過去分詞:?slumped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?slumping;

助記提示


音:死落撲,這人死了猛然落下?lián)涞乖诘?br /> 2. 諧音“是落坡、是落魄、使落魄、使落破、是南坡、衰落破”-----衰落、破產(chǎn)。
3. slump <====> plums: 李子大批地、一坨一坨地掉落。
4. -lump / -ump 結(jié)尾的詞有象聲詞,砰然落下的味道: flump 砰然聲, 重落, plump 撲通一聲倒下,dump 傾倒,jump 跳起.
5. slip + dump => slump.
6. slip + plump (撲通一聲倒下) => slump.
7. dump => slump.
8. plump, lump, bump: 因為撞擊而形成并引申出的腫塊、大塊、豐滿、圓胖之意。所以它們的本義都是模擬撞擊的聲音。
9. s-(諧音“摔”) + lump: 重重地摔下形成一個大大的腫塊。

英文詞源


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."

雙語例句


1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
由于國內(nèi)需求大幅下降,生產(chǎn)已經(jīng)停止。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
他們將討論如何使經(jīng)濟走出低谷。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.
經(jīng)濟長期疲軟可能會對固特異公司造成影響。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He can afford to sit out the property slump.
他的經(jīng)濟實力可以撐過這次房地產(chǎn)市場蕭條期。

來自柯林斯例句

5. She is in a slump in her career.
她處在事業(yè)的低谷.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》