in a slump

基本解釋

Wall Street is in a slump and the economy is down across the board.
華爾街低迷不振，整個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣。
Overly rigid rules may spur tighter policy in a slump, but allowing for the cycle can leave too much wriggle room, as Britain’s fiscal mess shows.
過(guò)於嚴(yán)格的槼則躰系可能導(dǎo)致經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷時(shí)期的政策趨緊，但對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)周期不加乾預(yù)也可能導(dǎo)致波動(dòng)加劇，英國(guó)的財(cái)政混亂就是一個(gè)例子。
In a slump, inflation often falls uncomfortably low: prices might rise by only 1% over the year, for example.
在衰落過(guò)程中，通貨膨脹通常會(huì)跌倒讓人難以忍受的低點(diǎn)，比如說(shuō)價(jià)格的年增長(zhǎng)率僅爲(wèi)1%。

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.
In fact most global automakers have signaled that they are going ahead with plans to open new factories in India at a time when many of them are facing a serious slump in their home countries.

The economy may stay in a slump, but the central bank will be fine.
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While many drug companies have been in a slump, Sanofi has been on a tear.
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