今天我們要學(xué)的詞是,downturn。Downturn, 是衰退和下降的意思。日本最大的汽車(chē)制造商豐田汽車(chē)公司星期二警告說(shuō),國(guó)內(nèi)需求可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)急劇下降, "Toyota warned on Tuesday that there will be a sharp downturn in domestic demand."
美國(guó)房屋市場(chǎng)的不景氣讓很多建筑開(kāi)發(fā)商的生意都受到了沉重打擊, "The housing market downturn hit many developers hard." 同時(shí),在建筑業(yè)打零工的人也越來(lái)越難找到工作了, "Day laborers are caught in an employment downturn." 好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是downturn...