slump /slʌmp/ CET6 TEM8 ( slumping, slumped, slumps )

• 1. 

  V-I If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount. (价值等) 暴跌

  例：

  Net profits slumped by 41%.

  净利润暴跌了41%。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Slump is also a noun. (价值等的) 暴跌

  例：

  The council's land is now worth much less than originally hoped because of a slump in property prices.

  由于地产价格的暴跌，委员会的土地目前大不如原来所希望的那么值钱了。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor. 经济萧条时期

  例：

  ...the slump of the early 1980s.

  …20世纪80年代初期的经济萧条时期。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example, because you are very tired or you feel ill. 瘫倒; (因劳累或生病等) 跌坐

  例：

  She slumped into a chair.

  她瘫倒在一张椅子上。