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单词 slump
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slump

verb
/slʌmp/
/slʌmp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slump
/slʌmp/
/slʌmp/
he / she / it slumps
/slʌmps/
/slʌmps/
past simple slumped
/slʌmpt/
/slʌmpt/
past participle slumped
/slʌmpt/
/slʌmpt/
-ing form slumping
/ˈslʌmpɪŋ/
/ˈslʌmpɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount synonym drop
    • Sales have slumped this year.
    • slump by something Profits slumped by over 50 per cent.
    • slump (from something) (to something) The paper's circulation has slumped to 90 000.
    Wordfinder
    • boom
    • decline
    • dip
    • fluctuate
    • level off/​out
    • peak
    • plateau
    • plummet
    • slump
    • trend
    Extra Examples
    • Oil prices have slumped quite badly in recent months.
    • Shares in the company slumped from £2.75 to £1.54.
    Topics Moneyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • alarmingly
    • badly
    • dramatically
    • …
    preposition
    • by
    • from
    • to
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to sit or fall down heavily
    • The old man slumped down in his chair.
    • She slumped to her knees.
    Extra Examples
    • Bart was slumped in front of the TV.
    • He lay slumped over the steering wheel.
    • He slumped against the wall.
    • He was found slumped in a pool of blood by security guards.
    • I walked in and saw him slumped over.
    • She slumped back in her seat.
    • She slumped onto the bed.
    • She was sitting with her head slumped forward.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • a little
    • forward
    • over
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • in
    • in front of
    • …
    phrases
    • be found slumped…
    • lie slumped…
    • sit slumped…
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.

slump

noun
/slʌmp/
/slʌmp/
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  1. slump (in something) a sudden fall in sales, prices, the value of something, etc. synonym decline
    • a slump in profits
    • This is the worst slump in property prices since the 1990s.
    Extra Examples
    • The share-price slump has wiped about $10 billion off the company's value.
    • a severe slump in much-needed foreign investment
    • The recession led to a slump in consumer spending.
    Topics Moneyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • world
    • worldwide
    • …
    preposition
    • in a slump
    • into slump
    • slump in
    • …
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  2. a period when a country’s economy or a business is doing very badly
    • the slump of the 1930s
    • Housing sales are finally coming out of a three-month slump.
    • The toy industry is in a slump.
    Extra Examples
    • The economy is in a prolonged slump.
    • The industry is sinking into a slump.
    • The present slump has hit manufacturing hard.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • world
    • worldwide
    • …
    preposition
    • in a slump
    • into slump
    • slump in
    • …
    See full entry
    3. compare boom
    Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fall into a bog’): probably imitative and related to Norwegian slumpe ‘to fall’.
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