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

• 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。
• 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。
• Lots of hedge-fund managers and internet entrepreneurs are flocking to emulate the success of a talented few and there are signs of over-crowding in both industries. A shake-out seems likely during 2007.
  许多对冲基金经理和互联网企业家纷纷效仿少数天才的成功。有迹象表明，这两个行业都过于拥挤，一批企业可能会在2007年被淘汰。
• A shake-out of weak developers and property assets, and some recapitalisation of banks are all manageable.
  实力较弱开发商的出局和房价的下跌，以及一些银行的资本重组都在可控范围之内。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How much of the market in securitised lending would survive this shake-out, I have no idea.
  证券化借贷市场有多大部分能挺过这种洗牌呢？我不知道。
• 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。