corresponding

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1 RESULTcaused by or connected with something you have already mentioned 相应的，由此引起的

The war and the corresponding fall in trade have had a devastating effect on the country.

战争以及由此所导致的贸易量下降对这个国家产生了致命的影响。

2 SAMEhaving similar qualities or a similar size, position etc to something else 相似的；对应的；相符合的；对等的 SYN equivalent

Sales are up 10% on the corresponding period last year.

销售比去年同期增加了10%。

—correspondingly adverbadv

As his political power has shrunk, he has grown correspondingly more dependent on the army.

随着政治权力的萎缩，他相应地越来越依赖军队。

Examples from the Corpus

corresponding• There were no corresponding accretions on the floor, no moisture dripped from overhead.• The corresponding chromosome in the other parent was found to be defective.• A big fall in steel productivity caused a corresponding decrease in profits.• Rising real estate prices have had a corresponding effect on the area's rents.• Calcutta's industrial development in the 1950s occurred without a corresponding expansion in regular employment.• The corresponding figure for modern schools was 15.7 percent.• As the nature of insider dealing changed, there was a corresponding need to adapt other legal doctrines to fit the abuse.• Compared with the corresponding period last year, average temperatures have been low.• Where files are computerised a corresponding right of access exists under the Data Protection Act 1984.• If the slack variable is non-basic, we can pivot to make it basic and then drop the corresponding row.• Unlike the radiometer, this device enables a rough image of the subject to be constructed corresponding to a fixed illumination intensity.• The removal of American nuclear forces brought a corresponding withdrawal of Russian troops.

From Longman Business Dictionary

correspondingcor·res·pon·ding /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndɪŋˌkɔːrəspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

1similar to the one you have just mentioned

Profits for June showed an increase of 1.5% compared to the corresponding period last year.

2resulting from or connected with what you have just mentioned

As a result of the falling birthrate, there was also a corresponding decline in the total number of the workforce.

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