economic downturn

In the current economic downturn, the firm has no doubt already laid off a good number of bright young peo-ple like Ms Clinton.

在美国当今经济不景气之际，这家公司无疑已经裁减了大量的像克林顿小姐一样聪明的年轻人。

Had not the Depression taught that attempts to balance the budget would only worsen an economic downturn?

那些尝试平衡预算的做法只会让经济下降得更快，难道大萧条还没有给我们足够的教训吗？

Extensive operating costs and marginal advertising revenue in the economic downturn have made it a challenge for YouTube to turn a profit.

在经济低迷的时期，巨额的运营成本以及微薄的广告收入使得YouTube盈利面临着巨大的挑战。

Waiting it out: The global economic downturn has pummeled China hard, with migrant workers being among the worst hit.

期待危机早日结束：全球经济衰退严重打击了中国，其中农民工受灾最为严重。

The HKSAR Government SME Committee was set up to look for ways to help SMEs in time of economic downturn.

香港特别行政区政府成立中小企委员会，目的是协助中小企的发展，特别在经济低迷的期间。

"The theme was that pharmaceutical prescriptions are more of a necessity [even in an economic downturn], " says Prof Levich.

列维奇教授表示：“投资理由是，药物更多的是一种必需品（即便是在经济低迷期）。”

Issuance activities of non-Exchange Fund paper slowed down in the year amid economic downturn and a poor external environment.

由于经济衰退、外围环境欠佳，年内非外汇基金票据及债券的发债活动减少。

There had been speculation that Mr Reddy's term might be extended for a year to maintain stability during the economic downturn.

此前外界曾猜测，雷迪的任期可能会延长一年，以便在经济低迷时期维护稳定。

That may be why, he said, the company prospered through the economic downturn.

也许，这就是布里斯托尔公司在经济不景气的大环境下逆市增长的原因。

The company has since been losing orders and customers due to its precarious financial situation and the overall global economic downturn.

该公司由于其不稳定的财政状况及全球经济衰退的大环境一直在失去订单和客户。

Short courses, the bread and butter of many schools, are often the first to be axed by companies in the face of any economic downturn.

在经济低迷时期，企业削减开支的第一个项目通常是短期课程，而这种课程是许多商学院的主要收入来源。

"Without substantial policy action, we would almost certainly face the worst economic downturn since the Second World War, " he said.

如果不采取广泛的政策行动，我们必定面临第二次世界大战以来最恶劣的经济滑坡。

The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than currently expected.

这项测试的目的是估计在经济衰退比当前的预期还要严重的情况下各家银行会有多大的损失。

It's a long-term priority, and not the kind of thing to be derailed by an economic downturn.

这是中国的长期优先目标，不会因为经济陷入低迷就轻易放弃。

A company co-founder said the need for such a service had collapsed amid the economic downturn.

网站一位联合创始人说，受经济下滑影响，此类服务的需求大幅萎缩。

The risk of a protectionist reaction is all too real, especially in a global economic downturn.

保护主义的风险极为真切，尤其在全球经济走下坡的情境下。

In the present global economic downturn, China is among the few countries that have the economic muscle to pull the world out of it.

在如今的全球经济危机情况下，中国是为数不多的几个国家之一，有经济实力救世界与危难之中。

The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than expected.

压力测试旨在估计如果经济下滑比预期的更糟糕的话，银行会损失多少。

drum up customers in the economic downturn: letting customers decide how much they want to pay for their meal.

伦敦餐馆在经济萧条时期出绝招以招揽顾客：餐费随便顾客付。

He said the unemployment rate remains "unacceptably high" and that faster growth is needed to replace jobs lost in the economic downturn.

他说，失业率之高依然“不可接受”，需要加快增长速度已弥补在经济下滑期间失去的工作岗位。