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”。
• 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。
• The global economy is starting to bottom out from the worst recession and financial crisis since the great depression.
  全球经济正开始从自大萧条（greatdepression）以来最严重的衰退和金融危机中见底回升。
• It is desirable to have the die "bottom out" or strike the paper at the point where the stretch of the material comes close to reaching it's maximum limit without cracking or tearing.
  这是可取的“末位淘汰”的死，或击点舒展的材料很接近，以达到它的最高限额不开裂或撕裂的纸张。
• Until some of the leading economic indicators bottom out, it is too early to be optimistic on next year.
  直到一些先行经济指标见底，目前对明年乐观的预期还是言之过早。
• She knocked the bottom out of our argument.
  她把我们的论点驳得体无完肤。
• His pithy comments knocked the bottom out of my argument.
  他精辟的评论驳倒了我的论点。
• House prices have bottomed out.
  房产价格已经止跌企稳。
• He expects the recession to bottom out
  他预期经济萧条将见底。
• He showed no interest in it, and his refusal has knocked the bottom out of our plan.
  他对我们的计划一点都不感兴趣，而且他的拒绝使我们的计划付诸东流。