| 词汇 | falling-off |
| 释义 | falling-off noun[ S ] uk /ˌfɔː.lɪŋˈɒf/ us /ˌfɑː.lɪŋˈɑːf/ the fact of a rate, amount, or quantity becoming smaller or lower: （数量）减少；（比率）下降；（质量）降低 Hotels have recorded a falling-off in reservations this summer.旅馆记录显示今夏预订率下降了。 the fact of getting smaller or becoming less decreaseThere has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors. fallA fall in the price of petrol is unlikely. fall-offThere's been a sharp fall-off in demand for the product since the company's scandal broke. falling-offThere has been a slight falling-off in public sector employment growth. Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve reduce reducible reduction resize retreat trough tumble falling-off | Business Englishfalling-off noun[ S ] ukus a gradual reduction in the price, amount, level, etc. of something: Our business experienced a major falling-off when a hypermarket opened just a mile away. a falling-off in sthThere has been a falling-off in traffic to our website recently. Examples of falling-offfalling-off It is true that some students are being called up for military service, but that cannot wholly explain the great falling-off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If allowed on the channels, these publications could cause a colossal falling-off in display advertising revenue and change completely the whole basis of newspaper financing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In spite of any boasted improvement, that indicates a very substantial falling-off in trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be no falling-off in respect of the medical test. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We very much regret that, owing to the falling-off in imports of sheet steel, we cannot supply these industries with all the steel they require. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no real falling-off in the number of very high incomes, though there has been some change in the division of incomes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 British shipowners attribute this tremendous falling-off of orders to the abolition of investment grants for shipping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1910 the falling-off was 39,000; in 1912 it was 45,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is bound to be at first, at any rate, a falling-off in the re- venue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is to happen when there is a subsequent falling-off in performance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The statistics show that there has been a falling-off in the rate of growth of consumer credit as a result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other, if that is avoided, is a return to a falling-off in demand, and what we used to call industrial depression. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there has been a falling-off in standards of behaviour and in our manners, why is that so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am certain that the falling-off in demand can be explained partly by the enormous expenditure on armaments, and the psychological influences of that expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, some £900,000 capital investment has not been fully utilised due to the falling-off in sales in 1976–77. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of falling-off These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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