weaken; decline; slump
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Meanings
2 senses · 8 examplesverb
to weaken; to trend downward (of prices, markets, etc.)
Primarily used in financial and economic contexts to describe prices, stock markets, or currency values dropping.
Chē车
shì市
kāi开
shǐ始
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
The car market is starting to weaken.
Yóu由
yú于
jīng经
jì济
bù不
jǐng景
qì气
，
gǔ股
shì市
chí持
xù续
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Due to the economic downturn, the stock market continues to weaken.
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Jìn近
qī期
měi美
yuán元
huì汇
lǜ率
míng明
xiǎn显
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Recently, the US dollar exchange rate has clearly weakened.
Fáng房
jià价
zài在
dì第
sān三
jì季
dù度
kāi开
shǐ始
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Housing prices began to decline in the third quarter.
verb
to become sluggish; to lose momentum; to slump
Used broadly for sales, economic trends, or growth momentum slowing down.
Xiāo销
shòu售
shì势
tóu头
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Sales momentum is weakening.
Suí随
zhe着
jìng竞
zhēng争
jiā加
jù剧
，
gāi该
gōng公
sī司
yè业
jì绩
zēng增
zhǎng长
kāi开
shǐ始
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
As competition intensifies, the company's earnings growth is beginning to slow.
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Yóu由
yú于
xiāo消
fèi费
xū需
qiú求
pí疲
ruǎn软
，
zhì制
zào造
yè业
zǒu走
shì势
míng明
xiǎn显
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Due to weak consumer demand, the manufacturing sector's performance has clearly deteriorated.
Jǐn尽
guǎn管
nián年
chū初
biǎo表
xiàn现
qiáng强
jìng劲
，
dàn但
xià下
bàn半
nián年
jīng经
jì济
zǒu走
shì势
zhú逐
jiàn渐
zǒu走
ruò弱
。
Despite a strong performance at the beginning of the year, economic trends gradually weakened in the second half.