slump
英 [slʌmp]
美 [slʌmp]
- vi. 落下する；衰退する；落ちる；激減する；急落する
- vt. 下降させる；衰退させる；引き下げる
- n. 下降する；急落する；落ち込む
英語の語源
- 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."
例文
- 1. Because of the slump in domestic demand，production has stopped.
- 国内需要の大幅な低下により、生産は停止している。
- 2.They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump .
- 彼らは経済をどのように不況から脱出させるかを議論する。
- 3.Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump .
- 長期的な景気低迷は、固体特異会社に影響を与える可能性があります。
- 4.He can afford to sit out the property slump .
- 彼の経済力は今回の不動産市場の低迷期を乗り切ることができる。
- 5.She is in a slump in her career.
- 彼女は事業のどん底にいる。
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