drop-off

英 [ˈdrɒp ɒf]

美 [ˈdrɑːp ɔːf]

下降；降低；减少；陡坡；摘下（离）；剥离；投放；松（脱）落；衰退

复数：drop-offs　

IELTS

英英释义

noun

• a change downward
  1. there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
  2. there was a sharp drop-off in sales
  Synonym:decreaselessening
• a steep high face of rock
  1. he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
  2. a steep drop
  Synonym:cliffdrop
• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
  1. the team went into a slump
  2. a gradual slack in output
  3. a drop-off in attendance
  4. a falloff in quality
  Synonym:slumpslackfallofffalling off

双语例句

• That's where we've seen a drop-off in demand [ and] some major redundancies, Mr Evans said.
  埃文斯表示：在这些领域，我们看到需求有所减弱，且出现了一些重大裁员。
• The drop-off rate of junior secondary school and primary school students was3.23 percent and0.93 percent respectively.
  普通初中和小学学生辍学率分别为3.23%和0.93%。
• This context can be updated with information about the trip, such as passenger pick-up time, traffic jams, and passenger drop-off time, based on events received from limos on the road.
  可以使用在路上从豪华汽车公司接收的信息更新此上下文，例如旅客上车时间、交通拥塞和旅客下车时间。
• Urban crime expert James Wilson suggests instead that the recent drop-off in crime is explained by positive cultural changes.
  城市犯罪问题专家詹姆斯威尔逊（jameswilson）则认为，最近犯罪率的下降可由积极的文化转变来解释。
• When I said goodbye to my son at freshman drop-off day, I was thrown into a black despair over how much I'd miss him.
  把刚上大学的儿子送到学校的那一天，和他告别后，想到今后我会无比地想念他，我陷入了深深的绝望之中。
• I tended to veer slightly away from the edge of the roadway and the drop-off beyond. The thesis makes experiment and theory analysis on ability of the exhaust braking when a bus goes downhill.
  我极力想把车开向里侧一些，躲开那可能滑下陡坡的边沿。对客车下坡行驶时排气制动的能力进行试验和理论研究。
• But New South Wales and Queensland are also facing a drop-off in foreign student numbers.
  可是新南威尔士和昆士兰大学依然面对着要减少外国学生数量的问题。
• Assume the user specified the desired drop-off time via drop-down or free-text entry.
  假设用户通过下拉列表或自由文本输入指定期望的还车时间。
• Its engineering services business, for example, has seen a22% drop-off, said Chief Executive Roger Ballou.
  举例来讲，该公司首席执行长巴卢（RogerBallou）表示，公司的工程服务业务减少了22%。
• The University of Kansas study suggests a sharp drop-off in the amount of daylight in New York in September might trigger seasonal affective disorder and make some traders more risk-averse.
  堪萨斯大学的研究推测，九月份纽约白昼时间的大幅骤减可能引发了季节性的情绪紊乱，导致一些交易员的避险情绪加重。