海關(guān)總署4月10日公布的最新外貿(mào)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年一季度，我國進出口總額、出口、進口均呈下滑趨勢，貿(mào)易順差收窄達60.9%。

請看《中國日報》的報道：

Total trade contracted 9 percent to $332.5 billion, the Customs Administration said on Thursday. Exports tumbled 6.6 percent year-on-year to $170.1 billion after dropping 18.1 percent in February. It's the first time since 2009 that exports declined for two consecutive months.

海關(guān)總署周四表示，貿(mào)易總額縮減9%至3325億美元。出口在2月份下跌18.1%之后，又同比下降6.6%至1701億美元。這是自2009年以來，出口首次連續(xù)兩個月下降。

在表述貿(mào)易額“下降”時上文先后使用了contract、tumble、drop和decline四個詞。Contract指（經(jīng)濟或市場）萎縮、緊縮，如：The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month. （10月，制造業(yè)經(jīng)濟已經(jīng)連續(xù)第6個月出現(xiàn)萎縮狀況。）Tumble多指（物價等經(jīng)濟指數(shù)）暴跌，如：Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.（東京股市的股價今天繼續(xù)暴跌。）Drop和decline平時比較常用，均指下降或減少，如：Temperature dropped dramatically at night（夜間溫度急劇下降），the number of staff has declined in the past years（過去幾年，員工數(shù)量有所下降）。

與之相關(guān)的“經(jīng)濟下行壓力”可用downward pressure on the economy表示，“經(jīng)濟增速下滑”則用economic slowdown表達。因為一系列的經(jīng)濟減速跡象，國際上唱衰新興經(jīng)濟體的聲音再起（Pessimistic views about the prospects of emerging economies have resurfaced）。

相關(guān)閱讀

經(jīng)濟“硬著陸”

經(jīng)濟“二次探底” double dip

股市“大跌”

股市“低開” open low

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen）

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