slump
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
fall or flop heavily 沉重地落下或倒下
Tired from her walk she slumped (down) onto the sofa. 她走累了, 一屁股坐在沙发上.
They found her slumped over the steering wheel. 他们发现她倒伏在方向盘上.
2 [I] (of prices, trade, business activity) fall suddenly or greatly (指价格、 贸易、 商业活动)突然或大幅度下跌或减少
What caused share values to slump? 股价暴跌是什麽原因? slump, n
1 period when business is bad, sales are few, etc; depression(3) 商业萧条期; 不景气; 经济衰退. Cf 参看 recession 1.
2 (US) period when a person, a team, etc has little success, poor results, etc (个人、 运动队等的)低潮状态(几无进展、 成绩不佳等)
a slump in her career 她事业中的低谷.
It's nothing serious. I think you've been very fortunate. Have you ever used the hot-cloth-and-frozen-peas treatment?
不要紧。我认为你非常幸运了。你用过热布---冻豌豆疗法吗?
Many offices use answering machines to give information.
许多办公室使用留言机来提供信息。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.