see an upward trend 呈現(xiàn)出上升的趨勢
The housing market saw an upward trend in 2003.
房地產(chǎn)市場在2003年呈現(xiàn)出了上升的趨勢。
反義:witness a downward trend 呈現(xiàn)出下降的趨勢
The prices of consumer goods witnessed a downward trend.
消費(fèi)品的價格呈現(xiàn)出下降的趨勢。
聯(lián)想:see an opposite trend 呈現(xiàn)出相反的趨勢
In contrast, the cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend.
相比之下,家具和設(shè)備的費(fèi)用則呈現(xiàn)出相反的趨勢。
rocket to... 急速上升至……
The petrol price (汽油價格)rocketed to a record high.
汽油價格急速飛升到了歷史最高紀(jì)錄。
近義:soar to... 飛速上升至
The rate of heart disease soared to 79 per 1,000 people.
患心臟疾病的比例飛速上升至79%。
peak at... 在某位置到達(dá)最高點(diǎn)
The figures show that the unemployment rate peaked at 9.8% in October.
數(shù)據(jù)顯示失業(yè)率在十月份達(dá)到了最高點(diǎn)9。
近義:reach the highest point 到達(dá)最高點(diǎn)
The crime rate rose throughout (在整個…)the 1990s and reached the highest point in 2001.
犯罪率在整個九十年代都在不斷上升,直到2001年達(dá)到了頂峰。
a slump 下挫
There was a slump in the demand for new cars in 2007.
對于新車的需求在2007年有所下挫。
近義:a decline 下降
There was a substantial decline in the unemployment rate.
失業(yè)率有了顯著的下降。
fall consistently from... to... 從…持續(xù)下降到…
After 2007,housing prices in the UK fell consistently through 2009.
從2007年到2009年英國的房價一直在持續(xù)下降。
近義:fall continuously from... to... 從…持續(xù)降至…
The criminal-offence rate fell continuously from 2001 to 2011.
刑事犯罪率從2001年開始到2011年,一直持續(xù)下降。
plummet to... 驟降至
That number rose to 3,900 by 2004 and then plummeted to 760 by 2008.
這個數(shù)字在2004年達(dá)到了 3900,然后到了 2008年卻陡然驟降到760。
近義:drop swiftly to... 快速下降至…
The number of full-time jobs generated by the retail industry dropped swiftly to 14,000.
零售業(yè)所提供的全職崗位數(shù)量驟降至14000。
反義:go up steeply to... 迅速升至…
Then the interest rate went up steeply to 4.2%.
然后利率迅速升至4.2%。
bottom out 降至最低點(diǎn)
The government claimed that the recession (衰退)had bottomed out.
政府宣稱經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退已經(jīng)要觸底反彈了。
近義:drop to its lowest level 降至最低點(diǎn)
Inflation dropped to its lowest level in five years.
通貨膨脹率降到了近5年來的最低點(diǎn)。