N-COUNT (经济等的)衰退，下降趋势 If there is a downturn in the economy or in a company or industry, it becomes worse or less successful than it had been. (经济等的)衰退，下降趋势 [Also + in]
They predicted a severe economic downturn.
他们预言会有严重的经济衰退。
...unchanged profits for 1990 due to a sharp downturn in the industry.