Career slumps don't happen overnight.

职业消沉并非突然发生。

The market slumps.

市况暴跌停滞。

The dollar slumps on the foreign exchange market.

美元在外汇市场上暴跌。

But even its ability to tackle slumps is constrained.

但是即使是其应对经济滑坡的能力也是受到限制的。

A new yardstick for measuring slumps is long overdue.

衡量经济衰退的新标准迟到了。

Growth in many of these countries is seen as picking up after sharp slumps.

许多这类国家在经历了剧烈的下滑后看起来又恢复了增长。

He slumps to the ground a second time and stays down for more than a minute.

他再一次摔倒在地，趟在地上一分多钟。

The past six months have seen several slumps, each with a different trajectory.

过去六个月中有过数次衰退，每次的轨迹都不同。

When the economy slumps, however, these lifestyles have lost some of their luster.

当经济衰落时，然而，这些生活方式丢失了他们的色泽。

Adopting some medium-term constraints can even allow more freedom of action in slumps.

在中期内采取压制的做法有时会使经济下滑加剧。

When the market slumps there is no chance for a new product to sell in the large Numbers.

当市场暴跌时，对新产品来说是不可能有这样一个机会去大量销售的。

Faint with cold and hunger, he slumps to the mat and realises that he must leave a message.

在饥寒交迫中昏了过去，他倒在门口的垫子上并意识到他必须留下写消息。

The biggest slumps in demand were in Spain and Ireland, where growth had been consumer-led.

消费需求下滑最严重的国家是西班牙和爱尔兰。这两国的经济增长历来都是消费主导型的。

Now wearing an orange jumpsuit, Lincoln slumps behind the glass in the prison visitation area.

Lincoln现在穿着橙色的囚衣，颓丧地坐在拘留所探访区的防护玻璃后。

Unexpected slumps or fluctuations in sales can kill a business if it is not prepared for them.

如果没有做好准备，销售量意外暴跌或波动就可能会扼杀一个企业。

At dinner in a great country house, one of the guests drinks too much wine, and slumps across the table.

在一个大庄园里，晚餐时有一位客人酒喝多了，趴在了桌子上。

The economy appears set for a gloomy 2009 in Japan, as firms cut their outlooks and industrial output slumps.

眼下日本国内企业前景暗淡，工业总产量下跌，2009年的经济前景不容乐观。

This will both deepen their slumps and increase the real burden of their debts, more or less ensuring that all rescue efforts will fail.

这样，一方面加深了经济衰退，同时增加了这些国家债务的真正负担，在某种程度上确保了救援努力的失败。

What keeps us in career slumps for so long? The number one thing that keeps us in our slumps is that we believe the "myths" we were told!

是什么使我们这么长时间一直陷于职业消沉之中呢？罪魁祸首就是我们相信了别人告诉我们的“谎言”！

If, say, EMI's market share slumps, is it because a competitor is cutting prices or because the new album from its biggest star is no good?

比如说，百代公司的市场份额下跌，可能是因为对手降价，也可能是因为它旗下大明星的新专辑不受欢迎呢。