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单词 rebound
释义
rebound
Word forms: rebounds , rebounding , rebounded pronunciation note:   The verb is pronounced (rɪbnd ). The noun is pronounced (rbaʊnd ).
1. verb
If something rebounds from a solid surface, it bounces or springs back from it.
His shot in the 21st minute of the game rebounded from a post. [VERB preposition]
The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded. [VERB]
Synonyms: bounce, ricochet, spring back, return  
2. verb
If an action or situation rebounds on you, it has an unpleasant effect on you, especially when this effect was intended for someone else.
Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her. [VERB + on/upon]
The CIA was extremely wary of interfering with the foreign press; in the past, such interference had rebounded. [VERB]
Synonyms: misfire, backfire, recoil, boomerang  
3. be on the rebound phrase
If you say that someone is on the rebound, you mean that they have just ended a relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend. This often makes them do things they would not normally do.
The truth is, we were both on the rebound, two desperate souls brought together. [+ from]
4. countable noun
In basketball, a rebound is a shot which someone catches after it has hit the board behind the basket.
Synonyms: bounce, return, comeback [informal], repercussion  
Collocations:
rebound effect
Nasal decongestant sprays can work well at first, but if you use them for more than three days, they can have a rebound effect.
Times, Sunday Times
This leads to imperfections post-sun worshipping - known as the 'rebound effect'.
The Sun
But if you use them for too long you may get a 'rebound effect' when you stop — meaning the symptoms come back worse than ever.
The Sun
Although very effective, prolonged use (more than a few days) can lead to a rebound effect that makes congestion worse if you stop using the spray.
Times, Sunday Times
The rebound effect works in several ways.
Times, Sunday Times
rebound sharply
With prices yesterday hovering at less than $65, close to a fiveyear low, analysts said they could briefly fall to $30 before rebounding sharply.
Times, Sunday Times
The industry rebounded sharply from the first lockdown, with sales quickly surpassing their pre-crisis peaks, but it still cost non-essential shops £1.6 billion in lost sales.
Times,Sunday Times
The sector troughed in late 2008 and then rebounded sharply through 2009.
Times, Sunday Times
For example, in 2008 smallcap stocks lost 48 per cent of their value, although they rebounded sharply the following year.
Times, Sunday Times
Regulatory capital has also rebounded sharply, and $5-billion of non-core loans have been excised from the balance sheet.
Globe and Mail
rebound slightly
Demand for residential farmland from 'hobby' farmers has rebounded slightly since the beginning of the year, but remained negative in the first half.
Times, Sunday Times
They rebounded slightly to 13.13 after the letter was published.
Times, Sunday Times
Prices have rebounded slightly and are now 13 per cent lower than at the peak.
Times, Sunday Times
The shares later rebounded slightly to close down nearly 1 per cent at 341p.
Times, Sunday Times
Sterling fell by more than half a cent to a near-two-week low of $1.4346, before rebounding slightly to $1.4389, down just under 0.6 per cent on the day.
Times, Sunday Times
rebound strongly
Unlike with the 2008 financial crash, the economy will rebound strongly once the virus has passed.
The Sun
This allowed them to rebound strongly, helped by high reserves and sound fiscal positions.
Times, Sunday Times
Fund managers warned, however, that the markets were unlikely to rebound strongly after last week's volatility.
Times, Sunday Times
Remittances, which fell sharply in the early days of the pandemic, rebounded strongly as western governments expanded income support programmes.
Times,Sunday Times
Although the economy has rebounded strongly so far, there are a number of risks on the horizon.
Times,Sunday Times
sharp rebound
However, the downgrade was likely to be less severe because surveys suggest there was a sharp rebound in early 2011.
Times, Sunday Times
Markets responded yesterday to hope of an end to the debt ceiling crisis with a sharp rebound.
Times, Sunday Times
Investors don't want to miss out on the potential for a sharp rebound, but heavy losses are still fresh in the memory.
Times, Sunday Times
You'd normally expect a sharp rebound.
Times, Sunday Times
House prices will probably stabilise after the recent sharp rebound and in stockmarkets, too, normal conditions will gradually return.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 弹回
Japanese: 跳ね返る
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