单词 | dead cat bounce |
释义 | > as lemmasdead cat bounce dead cat bounce n. Stock Market slang (originally U.S.) a rapid but short-lived recovery in prices after a sharp fall; a temporary upswing, esp. caused by speculators buying when prices are low and then quickly reselling when they rise; (also, in extended use) a brief improvement, a spurious success. ΚΠ 1985 Financial Times 7 Dec. 11/5 Despite the evidence of buying interest yesterday, they said the rise was partly technical and cautioned against concluding that the recent falls in the market were at an end. ‘This is what we call a “dead cat bounce”,’ one broker said flatly. 1996 N.Y. Times 21 July f5/5 ‘I'm increasingly suspicious of this rebound... What we don't want is a dead-cat bounce’—when stocks rebound simply because they fell so far so fast. 2001 Washington Post (Home ed.) 3 Oct. c7/3 This is what is known as a ‘dead cat bounce’... If you throw a dead cat against a wall at a high rate of speed, it will bounce—but it is still dead. Likewise, if you debut ‘Inside Schwartz’ out of the enormous ‘Friends’ debut audience, ‘Schwartz’ will do a big number—but with only about 70 percent lead-in retention, it is still a dead show. < as lemmas |
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