slump

英[slʌmp] 美[slʌmp]
  • 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

词态变化


复数: slumps;第三人称单数: slumps;过去式: slumped;过去分词: slumped;现在分词: slumping;

助记提示


音:死落扑,这人死了猛然落下扑倒在地
2. 谐音“是落坡、是落魄、使落魄、使落破、是南坡、衰落破”-----衰落、破产。
3. slump <====> plums: 李子大批地、一坨一坨地掉落。
4. -lump / -ump 结尾的词有象声词,砰然落下的味道: flump 砰然声, 重落, plump 扑通一声倒下,dump 倾倒,jump 跳起.
5. slip + dump => slump.
6. slip + plump (扑通一声倒下) => slump.
7. dump => slump.
8. plump, lump, bump: 因为撞击而形成并引申出的肿块、大块、丰满、圆胖之意。所以它们的本义都是模拟撞击的声音。
9. s-(谐音“摔”) + lump: 重重地摔下形成一个大大的肿块。

英文词源


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."

双语例句


1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
由于国内需求大幅下降,生产已经停止。

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2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。

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3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.
经济长期疲软可能会对固特异公司造成影响。

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4. He can afford to sit out the property slump.
他的经济实力可以撑过这次房地产市场萧条期。

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5. She is in a slump in her career.
她处在事业的低谷.

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