downturn

據報道，由于倫敦七月發生的恐怖襲擊事件，倫敦市中心的百貨商店和其它零售商店損失了14億美元的銷售收入。賓館、飯店和其它行業的收入也遭受了重大損失。外電報道說： Economists working for the Mayor of London forecast last month's deadly attacks will cost the city's economy up to 300 million pounds (540 million dollars, 440 million euros), a newspaper said. But the Financial Times added that the predicted economic loss of between 200 and 300 million pounds was far short of the 600-million-pound slump in business suffered by London before, during and immediately after the Iraq war. "Six weeks after the July 7 attacks killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers, the Greater London Authority (GLA) accepts there has been some downturn," the economic daily reported. 句中的 "downturn" means a reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity"（尤指經濟方面的）衰退；下降趨勢"。如：There is a evidence of downturn in the building trade/house prices.（有證據表明建筑業/房價有下降趨勢。） （中國日報網站編）