Since 1974 there has been a downturn in the coronary death rate in the United States, largely attributable to the growing arsenal of preventive, diagnostic and treatment techniques developed

1974年以来，美国冠状动脉病的死亡率下降，这大半要归功于预防有方，以及诊断和治疗有术。

These problems were exacerbated by the downturn in the world economy after 1979

1979年之后，世界经济的衰退使这些问题变得更加恶化了。

didn’t have the wherewithal to survive an economic downturn .

不具备必要的资金以维持度过经济衰退

Chaos and an economic downturn have followed this development in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis.

而在亚洲金融危机开始时,取代经济增长的是混乱和经济低迷。

According to a recent news report, the economic downturn had not triggered a rise in crime rates.

几天前的一则电视新闻说，经济衰退并未引发全国各类案件的上升。

The sample household survey released recently by the Housing Board shows a downturn in neighborliness among Singaporeans.

建屋发展局日前公布的调查就显示，国人认识的邻居数目有下降的趋势。

The MTRC’s heavy reliance on the granting of land for property development has proved unsustainable as a result of the economic downturn .

经济不景，地铁公司不可再倚重拨地发展地产项目来维持收入。

economic setback/slowdown/downturn /turndown/downswing (n)

经济放缓/经济低迷

economic downturn (or decline, or slump, or recession)

经济滑坡、经济衰退、经济下滑

Nursed the fledgling business through an economic downturn .

经济衰退中精心料理刚起步的生意

The government has stepped up pressure on CLP Power and Hongkong Electric to freeze tariffs as the economic downturn continues to bite.

经济依然低迷，政府续向中电和港灯施压，要求他们冻结加价。

After a severe downturn in business and the tough US crackdown on the adult industry in the 1980s, which marked the nadir of Hefners career, Playboy began clawing back some of its former glory in the 1990s

经历了80年代生意严重衰退以及美国严厉打击性行业(那是赫夫纳生涯的最低点)之后，《花花公子》在90年代开始恢复昔日的某种荣耀。

The report shows the economic downturn has substantially reduced Panama’s revenue

据报告显示，由于经济低迷，巴拿马的财政收入大大减少。

"Due to timely actions in fiscal and monetary policy, U.S. economy is now firmly rebounding after a shallow downturn ," O’Neill said

欧尼尔说:ⅸ美国经济在经历小幅衰退之后，由于及时采取会计与金融政策行动，目前已经稳定回升中。

Businesses must always be aware that the astonishing economic development in China will be exposed to unforeseeable factors, such as war, inflation, or a prolonged period of economic downturn .

企业必须要保持清醒,中国的快速经济增长可能会遭遇不可预测的因素,比如战争、通货膨胀,或是一个比较长时期的经济低迷。

If a large area of a country experiences an economic downturn , this distorted motivation will lead to social frustration, marked by depression, anger, anxiety, rioting, and other social disruptions.

如果一个国家的大部分地区经历着经济衰退,这种扭曲的动机会导致社会心理的挫败,体现为消沉、愤怒、焦躁、放纵和其他社会分裂症。

The downturn of the Singapore economy, caused mainly by the slowdown of the United States economy and the protracted slump in the global electronics industry, has restrained Starlite Printers (Far East)Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group in Singapore, from sustaining another year of growth in both turnover and profit.

受到美国经济放缓及全球电子行业持续不景气的影响，新加坡经济急速放缓，集团设于新加坡的全资附属公司–星光印刷(远东)有限公司，本年度未能维持营业额和利润的增长。

Despite the pressure of economic downturn on public finances, our resolve to invest in education is unshaken.

虽然经济困难，公共财政面临重重压力，但我们投资教育的决心丝毫未变。

Investor said the project fell prey to a downturn in the Colorado economy when the oil and gas industry faltered.

投资人说，该项计划因石油与天然气工业一蹶不振，而做了科罗拉多州经济走下坡的牺牲品。

A general downturn within the industry is forcing major cutbacks, and the company is preparing extensive restructuring.

玩具业出现了整体的不景气,大幅裁员,公司也准备进行大幅度的重组。

An extremely swift,acute downturn ,as in market activity.

下跌极度迅速而激烈的下跌，如市场活动

A downward trend;a downturn .

下降趋势;下降(衰落)

To understand this, we must only remember Mexico’ s financial crisis in 1995, or the fact that Japan, once championed as the future economic leader of the would, is still dragging after more than thirteen years of an economic downturn .

要理解这一事实,我们可以回顾一下1995年墨西哥金融危机的惨痛教训,或是日本的经验。曾经被视为未来世界经济领头人的日本,在经历了13年的经济萧条后,现在发展依然缓慢。

The dotcom bubble, the telecoms crash, the music industry bust, the advertising downturn , the e-publishing revenue stagnation, the PC slowdown, the wireless saturation, the semiconductor slump, the newspaper recession, the R&D retrenchment.

业内各个领域都遭遇难关:网络公司泡沫、电信公司破产、音乐产业萧条、广告业低迷、电子出版业营收停滞、个人电脑业发展放缓、无线市场饱和、半导体业衰退、报业不景气、研发费用削减。

Jeffrey R. Immelt now finds himself charged with delivering double-digit growth amid war and a nasty downturn

伊梅尔特发现，他目前面临的任务是在战争和经济滑坡的大环境下实现公司的两位数增长。

freeze tariffs because of the economic downturn

因经济衰退冻结收费

Some firms,like Prudential-Bache Securities Inc.which had hoped to ride out the downturn by paring unprofitable businesses,are now abandoning lines they once viewed as essential,like investment banking.

有些公司，例如普天寿-贝池证券公司曾希望以逐渐削减没有利润的生意的方式度过不景气，现在放弃商业融资等原来以为必要的营业。

China’s economy is forecast to grow by 7.4 per cent this year and 7.2 per cent next year. The mainland is largely insulated from the global downturn by its mostly closed economy and strong domestic demand.

预期中国经济本年增长百分之七点四，明年增长百分之七点二。由于经济体系大致封闭，加上国内需求强大，中国经济并未有受全球经济衰退拖累。

In the current economic downturn , the firm has no doubt already laid off a good number of bright young peo-ple like Ms Clinton

在美国当今经济不景气之际,这家公司无疑已经裁减了大量的像克林顿小姐一样聪明的年轻人。

A downturn in a market challenges companies to maintain their positive cultures.

在市场低迷时期,要保持优良的企业文化是一个很大的挑战。

economic downturn

经济萎缩,经济下降

cyclical downturn

n.周期性下降

business downturn

n.营业下降

cyclic upturn and downturn

n.周期性上升和下降

cyclical upturn and downturn

周期性升降