a downturn in sales/trade/business
销量╱贸易╱营业额下降
the economic downturn of 2008/2009
2008/2009 年的经济衰退
1.向下;下转,向下折曲
2.下降趋势
1.a reduction in economic or business activity
1.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。
2.The HKSAR Government SME Committee was set up to look for ways to help SMEs in time of economic downturn.
香港特别行政区政府成立中小企委员会，目的是协助中小企的发展，特别在经济低迷的期间。
3."The theme was that pharmaceutical prescriptions are more of a necessity [even in an economic downturn], " says Prof Levich.
列维奇教授表示：“投资理由是，药物更多的是一种必需品（即便是在经济低迷期）。”
4.Issuance activities of non-Exchange Fund paper slowed down in the year amid economic downturn and a poor external environment.
由于经济衰退、外围环境欠佳，年内非外汇基金票据及债券的发债活动减少。
5.A company co-founder said the need for such a service had collapsed amid the economic downturn.
网站一位联合创始人说，受经济下滑影响，此类服务的需求大幅萎缩。
6.The risk of a protectionist reaction is all too real, especially in a global economic downturn.
保护主义的风险极为真切，尤其在全球经济走下坡的情境下。
7.It did not avoid the downturn, but was among the last in and the first out.
该国虽然未能避免商业活动的停滞，但却是最后陷入并最先摆脱该状态的国家之一；
8.The company came out of the recent downturn with strong revenue numbers and earnings up 53% for the most recent quarter.
耐克公司收入增长强劲，走出了低迷，在最近一季度收益增加了53%。
9.In the present global economic downturn, China is among the few countries that have the economic muscle to pull the world out of it.
在如今的全球经济危机情况下，中国是为数不多的几个国家之一，有经济实力救世界与危难之中。
10.The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than expected.
压力测试旨在估计如果经济下滑比预期的更糟糕的话，银行会损失多少。