shake-out

英 [ˈʃeɪk aʊt]

美 [ˈʃeɪk aʊt]

n.  经济衰退; 经济萧条

复数：shake-outs　

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 经济衰退；经济萧条
  a situation in which people lose their jobs and less successful companies are forced to close because of competition and difficult economic conditions
• 经济衰退；经济萧条
  a situation in which people lose their jobs and less successful companies are forced to close because of competition and difficult economic conditions

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 shakeout


• N-COUNT (引起大量企业倒闭或大批工人失业的体制或组织的)重大变革，重组
  Ashake-outis a major set of changes in a system or an organization which results in a large number of companies closing or a large number of people losing their jobs.
  1. This should be the year of a big shake-out in Italian banking...
     本年度意大利银行业将进行大规模重组。
  2. The party needs a shake-out, if it is to be the driving-force of the new politics.
     如果想要成为新政治的主力，该政党就需要进行重大变革。

双语例句

• The US venture capital industry, which has become an important source of capital for technology start-ups around the world, is facing a severe shake-out that will lead to a contraction in future investments, according to some of Silicon Valley's leading financiers.
  一些硅谷的主要金融家表示，美国风险投资业正面临剧烈洗牌，将导致未来投资的收缩。美国风险投资业已成为全球高科技创业启动资本的重要来源。
• This should be the year of a big shake-out in Italian banking
  本年度意大利银行业将进行大规模重组。
• That a big shake-out is coming is in little doubt.
  只有极少数人怀疑强震的必发性。
• For years, experts have predicted a shake-out with the fervour and inaccuracy of cult members heralding the next messiah.
  多年来，专家们一直在预测会出现一场大洗牌，其预测的狂热和不准确，堪比异教信徒推介下一个救世主。
• Thus, the$ 64bn question now is whether these wobbles can be quickly soothed by deft central bank action or whether the crisis of confidence could now turn into a much bigger financial shake-out.
  因此，最关键的问题现在是：央行机敏的行动能否迅速平息那些震荡抑或，这场信任危机现在是否会变成一次更为严重的金融动荡？
• If there is a shake-out in the industry, Mr brutsch predicts that middle-ranked private banks could be crowded out.
  布鲁奇预测，如果这个行业将有什么大变动的话，那应该是中档私人银行可能会被挤出市场。
• The global economic crisis is forcing a long overdue shake-out among Chinese chip design companies as venture capital funds have dried up and major players are ready to merge.
  随着风险资本枯竭，且主要企业已准备合并，全球经济危机正迫使中国芯片设计公司进行拖延已久的整合。
• The entrepreneurs making the cuts, however, claim a much greater sense of realism than was shown during the first great internet shake-out, when many web companies reacted too late to the downturn.
  然而，企业家们却起头不竭裁员，在良多家收集公司对此行为作出无声回映的同时，厂商言乎而言的声称他们在第一次最年夜的互连网震动时代所走的现实主义立场和行为路线。
• The party needs a shake-out, if it is to be the driving-force of the new politics.
  如果想要成为新政治的主力，该政党就需要进行重大变革。
• But the doves argue that the unexpected drop in unemployment was just a reversal of the abnormally large shake-out of labour by employers in 2009.
  而鸽派则认为，失业率的意外下滑只不过是对用工者2009年疯狂裁员的一次逆转。