| 释义 |
ˈdown-swing
[down adv. 41.]
A downward swing; spec. (a) the descending movement of a golf-club about to hit the ball, following the back-swing; (b) a period of low or declining activity in trade, business, etc.
1899[see back-swing s.v. back- A. 11]. 1922Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert viii. 192 Do shout ‘Boo!’ at him when he is starting his down-swing! 1935Economist 2 Feb. 250/2 Mr. Crump..regards the crisis in the main as the normal downswing of the trade cycle. 1946G. von Haberler Prosperity & Depression ii. 21 (heading) The Downswing. The reverse of the upswing. 1959Spectator 11 Sept. 336/2 The sufferer should be told..about this..fluctuation in his malady, so that he doesn't get unduly discouraged during a down-swing. 1966Economist 18 June p. xxx/1 After two years of popularity, clearing bank shares appear to be entering the downswing of their familiar cycle. 1970Nature 21 Nov. 703/2 The present epidemic, hopefully, seems to be on the downswing. |