bottom out

英 [ˈbɒtəm aʊt]

美 [ˈbɑːtəm aʊt]

（价格等）达到最低点，停止恶化

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （价格等）达到最低点，停止恶化
  If a trend such as a fall in pricesbottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
  1. He expects the recession to bottom out...
     他预期经济萧条将见底。
  2. House prices have bottomed out.
     房产价格已经止跌企稳。

英英释义

verb

• hit the ground
  1. the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road
• reach the low point
  1. Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while

双语例句

• He estimated the bank's card business will "bottom out" in the third quarter of2011.
  他估计银行信用卡业务在2011中的第三季度将“降到最低点”。
• On the first question it looks like the global economy will bottom out in the second half of 2009.
  关于第一个问题，看起来全球经济将在2009年下半年见底回升。
• She knocked the bottom out of our argument.
  她把我们的论点驳得体无完肤。
• This sudden cold spell has knocked the bottom out of the market for seasonal items like ice cream and suntan oil.
  突来的寒流使得一些季节性商品如冰淇淋和防晒箱等的销售锐减。
• However, while top officials in both the US administration and central bank think the economy will probably bottom out in the second half of this year, they remain wary of calling the turn in the economic cycle.
  不过，虽然美国政府和央行的高级官员都认为今年下半年经济有望见底，但他们都谨慎地不愿预测经济周期转向。
• Second, tax regimes have started to bottom out.
  第二，税率已开始接近谷底。
• At some point, global stock prices will bottom out and rise.
  在某一时间，全球股价将触底反弹。
• Your objection knocked the bottom out of my original plan.
  你的反对意见破坏了我原来的计划。
• The way a person is difficult to bottom out.
  一个人的路，难以走出低谷。
• The rise in mortgage rates really knocked the bottom out of the housing market.
  抵押率的上升确实削弱了房屋市场的基础。