see an upward trend 呈现出上升的趋势
The housing market saw an upward trend in 2003.
房地产市场在2003年呈现出了上升的趋势。
反义:witness a downward trend 呈现出下降的趋势
The prices of consumer goods witnessed a downward trend.
消费品的价格呈现出下降的趋势。
联想:see an opposite trend 呈现出相反的趋势
In contrast, the cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend.
相比之下,家具和设备的费用则呈现出相反的趋势。
rocket to... 急速上升至……
The petrol price (汽油价格)rocketed to a record high.
汽油价格急速飞升到了历史*纪录。
近义:soar to... 飞速上升至
The rate of heart disease soared to 79 per 1,000 people.
患心脏疾病的比例飞速上升至79%。
peak at... 在某位置到达*点
The figures show that the unemployment rate peaked at 9.8% in October.
数据显示失业率在十月份达到了*点9.
近义:reach the highest point 到达*点
The crime rate rose throughout (在整个…)the 1990s and reached the highest point in 2001.
犯罪率在整个九十年代都在不断上升,直到2001年达到了顶峰。
a slump 下挫
There was a slump in the demand for new cars in 2007.
对于新车的需求在2007年有所下挫。
近义:a decline 下降
There was a substantial decline in the unemployment rate. 失业率有了显著的下降。
fall consistently from... to... 从…持续下降到…
After 2007,housing prices in the UK fell consistently through 2009.
从2007年到2009年英国的房价一直在持续下降。
近义:fall continuously from... to... 从…持续降至…
The criminal-offence rate fell continuously from 2001 to 2011.
刑事犯罪率从2001年开始到2011年,一直持续下降。
plummet to… 骤降至
That number rose to 3,900 by 2004 and then plummeted to 760 by 2008.
这个数字在2004年达到了 3900,然后到了 2008年却陡然骤降到760。
近义:drop swiftly to... *下降至…
The number of full-time jobs generated by the retail industry dropped swiftly to 14,000.
零售业所*的全职岗位数量驟降至14000。
反义:go up steeply to… *升至…
Then the interest rate went up steeply to 4.2%.
然后利率*升至4.2%。
bottom out 降至*点
The government claimed that the recession (衰退)had bottomed out.
政府宣称经济衰退已经要触底反弹了。
近义:drop to its lowest level 降至*点
Inflation dropped to its lowest level in five years.
通货膨胀率降到了近5年来的*点。