商务英语必备1000字 Unit15

　economic trends
　　boom
　　n. 景气；繁荣
　　Living standards improved greatly during the post-war boom.
　　战后经济繁荣期间，生活水準大幅改善。
　　economic fluctuation
　　经济波动
　　The Central Bank successfully curbed the economic fluctuation.
　　央行成功抑制了这样的经济波动。
　　inflation
　　n. 通货膨胀
　　The country suffers from high inflation.
　　该国饱受高通膨之苦。
　　lagging indicator
　　落后指标
　　Inflation is a lagging indicator, so it continues to rise even as the economy slows.
　　通膨是一项落后指标，因此即使经济趋缓它仍持续上升。
　　optimistic
　　adj. 乐观的
　　Analysts are cautiously optimistic about the country's economic future.
　　分析师审慎乐观预期该国经济的未来。
　　outlook
　　n. 展望
　　The economic outlook for the second half of the year is dimmer than in the first half.
　　下半年经济展望比上半年更不看好。
　　recession
　　n. 景气衰退
　　The government is changing policies to pull the country out of recession.
　　政府正改变政策好让国家脱离景气衰退。
　　recovery
　　n. 复甦
　　Sales show a strong indication of economic recovery.
　　销售强烈显示经济复甦的跡象。
　　stagnant
　　adj. 停滞的
　　Since the 1970s, the country's economy has been stagnant.
　　自一九七○年代起，该国经济一直停滞不前。
　　turnaround
　　n.（营业、经济等的）突然好转
　　People expect a remarkable turnaround in our economy.
　　人民期望经济能显著好转。