| 词汇 | bottom out |
| 释义 | Idiom bottom out Theme: WORSEN to reach the lowest point.The price of wheat bottomed out last week. Now it's rising again.My interest in school bottomed out in my junior year, so I quit and got a job. Slang bottom out Theme: INFERIORITY in. to reach the lowest or worst point of something.All my problems seem to be bottoming out. They can't get much worse.Interest rates bottomed out last February. Idiom bottom out 1. to reach a level that is as low as it will be. Temperatures will bottom out in the teens tonight and reach the mid-20s by noon tomorrow. 2. to become as bad as it will be. Has the economy bottomed out, and how fast will it recover? Phr V bottom out bottoms, bottoming, bottomed bottom out if a situation, level, or rate that is getting worse bottoms out, it reaches the lowest point and remains at that level or amount, usually before improvingThe sharp fall in house prices has finally bottomed out.Unemployment will continue to rise until the recession bottoms out. bottom out to stop decreasing or becoming worse, especially before starting to increase or improve again: Most people believed that the fall in the value of the dollar had bottomed out. House prices in California have bottomed out, and are expected to start rising in the near future. A lot of jobs have been lost, but there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out. bottom out1. To reach a lower point or collapse entirely. Once the housing market bottomed out, I knew I'd be stuck with a bad investment—or sell the house for a significant loss Doctor, her blood pressure just bottomed out, and she collapsed. 2. Of a car, for the undercarriage to touch the ground. Be careful driving over those raised pothole covers—you don't want to bottom out. bottom outFig. to reach the lowest or worst point of something. All my problems seem to be bottoming out. They can't get much worse. Interest rates bottomed out last February. bottom outReach the lowest level, as in The recession appears to have bottomed out. This verbal use of bottom originated in the late 1800s and, with the addition of out in the mid-1900s, tends to be used mostly in the context of trade and finance. bottom outv. To descend to the lowest point possible, after which only an increase is possible: The company's sales of computers have bottomed out, but they should increase when a new model comes out. bottom out in. to reach the lowest or worst point of something. All my problems seem to be bottoming out. They can’t get much worse. |
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