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

• House prices have bottomed out.
  房产价格已经止跌企稳。
• This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday-school teachings.
  这件事把我所有从主日学校所受的教训从根本上动摇了。
• However, for the first time in 16 months the rate of decline eased from the prior month, offering some hope that the property market could be beginning to bottom out.
  不过，这是16个月以来当月跌幅首次低于前月跌幅，该数据为房地产市场可能已开始触底提供了一线希望。
• A mouse's levels of the DNA-repairing protein XPA are different from ours& they peak in the morning and bottom out in the evening.
  人类的DNA修复蛋白XPA含量变化与老鼠的不同，一般在早晨达到峰顶，而晚上则降低到谷底。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• Second, tax regimes have started to bottom out.
  第二，税率已开始接近谷底。
• But, no matter how hard they hammered, the well would eventually bottom out and the oil would dry up.
  但是，不论他们多么努力，最终，油井会打到底，油会干枯。
• On the first question it looks like the global economy will bottom out in the second half of 2009.
  关于第一个问题，看起来全球经济将在2009年下半年见底回升。