headwind

英 [ˈhedwɪnd]

美 [ˈhedwɪnd]

n.  逆风; 顶风

复数：headwinds　

TEM8

BNC.39595 / COCA.28198

牛津词典

noun

• 逆风；顶风
  a wind that is blowing towards a person or vehicle, so that it is blowing from the direction in which the person or vehicle is moving

柯林斯词典

• 逆风;顶头风
  Aheadwindis a wind which blows in the opposite direction to the one in which you are moving.

英英释义

noun

• wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft

双语例句

• But the strongest headwind facing not only Pandora ( P) but the entire music business is the continued fall of the market price of recorded music, whether that price is paid by listeners or by advertisers.
  而Pandora和整个音乐行业所面临的最强逆风乃是录制音乐市场价格的持续下降&不管价钱是由用户支付还是由广告商支付。
• In some developing countries, momentum behind pension and social security reform has flagged, despite the fact that demographics is turning into a headwind, rather than the tailwind it has been for some time.
  在一些发展中国家，尽管人口状况正在变成利空，而不是一段时间以来一直呈现出的利好，但养老和社保改革背后的动力已有所减弱。
• In spite of Congressional scepticism of Chinese motives – a headwind that Indian buyers do not face – the largest Chinese takeover of a US company passed scrutiny.
  虽然美国国会有人对中方的收购动机表示怀疑印度收购方没有面对这样的阻力但这项中国对美国企业的最大规模收购通过了审查。
• The valuation gap is the main headwind: the UK insurer trades at around 1 times its embedded value; AIA trades at 1.7 times.
  估值差距是主要障碍：保诚的股价是其内在价值的一倍左右，而友邦则为1.7倍。
• Oil giants are facing the additional headwind of low oil prices.
  石油巨头们还面临着另外一个问题：石油价格下降。
• Mr Obama said Europe's economic uncertainty was the biggest headwind currently facing the United States.
  奥巴马先生称，欧洲经济前景不明朗，是目前美国面临的最大阻力。
• Rising interest rates are also acting as a headwind by making it more expensive to refinance an existing mortgage or get a new loan.
  不断上升的利率也对住房市场起到抑制作用，因为它提高了再按揭或获取新贷款的成本。
• Mr Grieves says: The influence of the US market has been a headwind for the sector's performance over the past couple of years.
  格里夫斯表示：过去几年，美国市场的影响一直阻碍着整个板块的表现。
• Luca Maestri, the iPhone maker's chief financial officer, called the foreign exchange swings a significant headwind to the company's business on a call with analysts on Monday.
  周一，苹果首席财务官卢卡•马埃斯特里（LucaMaestri）在面对分析师们召开的会议上，把美元汇率波动称为影响公司业务的一项重大负面因素。
• And this vehicle has advantages of small mass and good demonstration effects, so it can take the place of the headwind-going boat in the demonstration of boat going headwind.
  该逆风车质量轻且演示效果好，可以代替逆风船做逆风行舟的演示实验。