| 词汇 | tanking |
| 释义 | tanking adjective informaluk /ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/ us /ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/ suddenly failing or becoming less successful or lower in value: Soaring fuel prices and a tanking economy will encourage many people to stay closer to home this year. In theory, a tanking pound can help UK exporters. A tanking economy is going to mean state budget cuts. They are very aware of the harsh economic environment that has resulted from the tanking housing market. He wrote an article about the tanking auto industry. International trade has dwindled amid economic strife and a tanking technology sector. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom tanking noun[ U ] uk /ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/ us /ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/ tankingnoun[U] (LESS SUCCESSFUL)informal the fact of suddenly failing or becoming less successful or lower in value: Her taking out a loan coincided with the tanking of the housing market. There was a meltdown in the banking sector and the tanking of the local currency. informal the act of intentionally losing a game or sports event: If a sporting event has been compromised by the tanking of a game, trust will be lost for ever. The driver was fined for blatant tanking. They were willing to put the country through a brutal and protracted recession - with a corresponding tanking of the president's popularity. Given the tanking of the market in the past year, this type of contract was a very bad idea. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winning, losing & scoring in sport tankingnoun[U] (PROTECTING BUILDING)UK the act of covering a wall, etc. with a special substance or material in order to keep it dry, or the substance or material that is used to do this: The work will not be cheap because the tanking will usually be done with a lead lining. The architect had specified full fibreglass tanking in one client's bathroom. The back wall does not get damp, and so tanking seems inappropriate in this case. I cannot see the tanking as the walls are heavily plastered. Building: construction work & workers banksman blaster break groundidiom brick brick something up drainer electrician erection erector flip rebuild reconstruction reface refurb refurbish stonemason thatcher tiler well built workman |
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