slumping

基本解釋

Who will rescue America from a similar trap now that the whole world is slumping at the same time?
而當(dāng)整個(gè)世界都在同一時(shí)間衰退時(shí)，現(xiàn)在誰(shuí)又能將美國(guó)從相似的先進(jìn)中拯救出來？
Property values are slumping in almost all of the 19 countries in our latest global survey (see table).
最近的全球調(diào)查顯示19個(gè)國(guó)家的資產(chǎn)價(jià)格幾乎普遍縮水（見上表）。
Analysts say that is not enough to shore up prices of aluminium, widely used in the slumping construction and automobile industries.
分析師表示，這些都不足以支撐鋁價(jià)，鋁的需求產(chǎn)業(yè)如建筑和汽車業(yè)都在走下坡路。

Gold,whose prices have surged in the past year, is seen as a hedge against a slumping dollar.

Markets saw a boost Wednesday, opening in the green after two days of slumping indices.
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In 2004 Thomson spun off the slumping line to China's TCL Group and slunk away.
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This, combined with his slumping popularity, has led some to describe him as a lame duck.
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If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
Slump is also a noun.
A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example, because you are very tired or you feel ill.