N-COUNT (经济等的)衰退,下降趋势 If there is a downturn in the economy or in a company or industry, it becomes worse or less successful than it had been. (经济等的)衰退,下降趋势 [Also + in]
They predicted a severe economic downturn.
他们预言会有严重的经济衰退。
...unchanged profits for 1990 due to a sharp downturn in the industry.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DOWNTURN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤serious, severe, sharp, significant嚴重下滑;急劇滑坡;重大滑坡▸➤mild, slight和緩的/輕微的下滑▸➤economic, market經濟/市場下滑➤global全球性衰退➤cyclical週期性衰退VERB + DOWNTURN➤experience, suffer, take經歷滑坡;遭遇下滑◇The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its workload.建築業正經歷着工程數量的嚴重下滑。➤survive, weather經受住/安然渡過經濟衰退▸➤see, witness見證衰退PREPOSITION➤downturn in在⋯方面下滑◇The 1990s witnessed a sharp downturn in the party's fortunes.20 世紀 90 年代是該黨遭遇嚴重挫折的時期。➤downturn of⋯的衰敗◇a sharp downturn of the economy經濟的急劇下滑