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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A market shake-out is in prospect.
  未来将会出现一番市场洗牌。
• But the doves argue that the unexpected drop in unemployment was just a reversal of the abnormally large shake-out of labour by employers in 2009.
  而鸽派则认为，失业率的意外下滑只不过是对用工者2009年疯狂裁员的一次逆转。
• 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 report said there had been a shake-out among wealth management companies, with international banks losing market share as Asian investors lost faith in their brands during the financial crisis.
  报告称，财富管理公司经历了一场洗牌，跨国银行不断丢失市场份额，原因是在金融危机期间，亚洲投资者丧失了对其品牌的信任。