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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Banks including UBS are moving more foreign exchange business on to their electronic trading platforms as regulatory probes into alleged forex market manipulation prompt a shake-out on traditional trading floors.
  监管机构对涉嫌操纵外汇市场行为的调查，正导致传统交易模式发生重大变革，促使包括瑞银（UBS）在内的多家银行将更多外汇业务转移至电子交易平台。
• Given such a backdrop, it might be reasonable to expect the long-awaited shake-out of the Chinese industry with many companies forced to close down.
  鉴于这种背景，或许我们有理由预计中国钢铁业将进行市场期待已久的调整，许多钢铁企业将被迫关闭。
• 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。
• As with all open source projects, there will likely be a shake-out over the next couple of years.
  对于所有开放源代码项目，在接下来的两年里可能将推出新的工具包。
• Most clearly, the lightly regulated hedge fund industry-described by Mr Lo as the Galapagos of financial services-is suffering a shake-out.
  最明显的是，监管不是很严的对冲基金业被罗先生描述为金融服务业的加拉帕斯群岛正在遭受一场震荡。
• Many analysts are convinced that dozens of companies and brands will die out in an industry shake-out, much as happened in the US car industry in the first half of the 20th century.
  许多分析师相信，在行业整合的过程中，将有几十家车企、几十个车型遭到淘汰&正如美国汽车市场在20世纪上半叶经历过的情况。
• In Spain, a shake-out is looming among the smaller low cost carriers including Vueling and clickair, while start ups in Eastern Europe, such as SkyEurope and wizz air, could also prove vulnerable to sharply rising fuel bills.
  在西班牙，包括vueling和clickair在内的小型低成本航空公司正面临破产，而skyeurope和wizzair等东欧初创企业可能也无力应对燃油价格的大幅上涨。