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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Spotting the likely winners and losers is difficult but the next two to three years are expected to see a shake-out in this market as competing technologies and business models battle for supremacy.
  眼下还很难看出可能的赢家与输家，但由于不同技术和商业模式正为争夺主导地位而展开角逐，预计移动支付市场未来两三年将经历一轮洗牌。
• 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。
• A market shake-out is in prospect.
  未来将会出现一番市场洗牌。