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词汇 at-a-low-ebb
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at a low ebb


idiom
in a bad or weak state: 处于低潮;处于衰退状态
Consumer confidence is currently at a low ebb.目前人们对消费的信心降到了低谷。
I was recently divorced and feeling at a very low ebb.我刚离了婚,情绪非常低落。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Examples of at a low ebb


at a low ebb
He believes that training is insufficient at the plant and that morale is atalowebb, largely because of the working environment and the ageing equipment.
At the time of hospital admission, a patient's functioning might be expected to be atalowebb with greater opportunities to improve as the acute precipitant of hospitalization resolves.
With investor confidence atalowebb, hopes that the single currency will be launched on a strong economic tailwind look unlikely.
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Morale is at rock bottom and public confidence is atalowebb.
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I cannot think where the party opposite derives its curious idea, which is hopelessly wrong, that saving in this country is atalowebb.
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All the victorious nations today are atalowebb of vitality.
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One does not wish to say anything which is exaggerated, but staff morale in electricity supply is atalowebb.
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When the service is atalowebb, when things are a shambles and when people have their backs to the wall, morale is low.
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This time last year our fortunes were atalowebb, perhaps lower than at any time since the summer of 1940.
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When we took over, things were atalowebb.
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Morale is atalowebb; and trade too is depressed.
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The industry is running very much atalowebb.
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Relations with the medical profession were atalowebb.
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Confidence on either side is now atalowebb.
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The morale of the police is now atalowebb.
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