doldrums

dol·drums /ˈdɒldrəmz $ ˈdoʊl-, ˈdɑːl-, ˈdɒːl-/ noun [plural] informal

a) WORSEif an industry, company, activity etc is in the doldrums, it is not doing well or developing 萧条，停滞

in the doldrums

The property market has been in the doldrums for months.

房地产市场不景气已有好几个月了。

Recent economic doldrums have damaged the rural west.

最近的经济萧条给西部乡村带来了严重损害。

b) SAD/UNHAPPYif you are in the doldrums, you are feeling sad 忧郁，意志消沉

Fay is in the doldrums today.

今天费伊情绪低落。

Examples from the Corpus

doldrums• Recent economic doldrums have hurt the rural west.• Roddy McDowall makes an appearance as a mad old soldier and lifts the film out of its doldrums.• Beat the summer doldrums by spending a day at the zoo.• The stock market is much improved from the doldrums of 1990.• The beef industry has been in the doldrums ever since consumers began to turn away from eating red meat.• Even against a country in the doldrums you just can't expect to turn up and automatically win.• With stock and bond markets in the doldrums, their trading operations have been badly hit.• With the computer business still in the doldrums, Ahmadi quit that to help his wife run the hair accessory business.

in the doldrums• Too much assimilation and one is becalmed in the doldrums and no progress is possible at all.• A ship becalmed in the Doldrums, near the equator, need only carry auxiliary sails made of reflecting material.• The beef industry has been in the doldrums ever since consumers began to turn away from eating red meat.• Fourteen-year-old Trevor is in the doldrums.• With stock and bond markets in the doldrums, their trading operations have been badly hit.• On it, Tom reads Sylvia Plath so that the language sparkles in the doldrums.• With the computer business still in the doldrums, Ahmadi quit that to help his wife run the hair accessory business.• The manufacturing sector is still in the doldrums , analysts say.• Barbour took over the party when it was in the doldrums following the 1992 election that lost the White House.• After years in the doldrums, Opec has grabbed centre stage once more.

From Longman Business Dictionary

doldrumsdol·drums /ˈdɒldrəmzˈdoʊl-, ˈdɑːl-, ˈdɒːl-/ noun [plural] informal

if an industry or market is in the doldrums, there is very little increase in prices or very little trade taking place

The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years but now business is picking up.

Origin doldrums

(1700-1800) Perhaps from dold “stupid” ((1400-1500))

dol·drums noun

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