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单词 baby bust
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Definition of baby bust in English:

baby bust

noun
North American informal
  • A temporary marked decrease in the birth rate.

    〈非正式,主美〉生育低潮

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the days of the baby boomers and baby busts, the keepers of reflection were the tops of their prime.
    • The first dealt with Canada's creeping demographic abyss, the so-called baby bust.
    • Explosive population growth in the Arab world coupled with Europe's unprecedented baby bust presages a radical change in the balance of power in the Mediterranean world.
    • At the same time, those in their 20s and 30s - the household-formation years when families borrow heavily and save little - are the sparse postwar baby bust generation.
    • During the late 1980s in North America, business writers were warning of the coming labour force shortage as the baby bust cohort began to enter the labour force.
    • As it seemed to have turned out, the baby bust generation had its moment in the sun with the dot com boom, and is now sitting back, licking its wounds.
    • Generally, baby bust generations do well in their careers and earnings because they face less competition from fellow busters.
    • It may also address whether and when China should move to a nationwide two-child policy to prevent a looming baby bust.
    • Wrong, because government in the age of the baby bust is going inevitably to grow.
    • The latter baby bust period coincided with women entering the labour force in unprecedented numbers.

Derivatives

  • baby buster

  • noun
    North American informal
    • According to a 1999 study, ‘baby busters’ are more likely to attend church on a given Sunday than their parents - 42 percent to 34 percent.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of course, new labour force entrants over the immediate postwar period consisted of Depression/wartime baby busters.
      • He insists that the generations that are most vital to church growth, the midlife baby boomers and the baby busters (born after 1964), do not want to be reverent or quiet during worship.
      • At least superficially at first, the baby busters looked similar in terms of attitude to Coupland's ‘Generation X’: they had a ‘slacker’ reputation, and they seemed disaffected and cynical.
      • The next generation of middle-aged people - the baby busters - are going to be involved in nursing-home management and in other things that won't feed as much back into economic growth.

Definition of baby bust in US English:

baby bust

noun
North American informal
  • A temporary marked decrease in the birth rate.

    〈非正式,主美〉生育低潮

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first dealt with Canada's creeping demographic abyss, the so-called baby bust.
    • During the late 1980s in North America, business writers were warning of the coming labour force shortage as the baby bust cohort began to enter the labour force.
    • It may also address whether and when China should move to a nationwide two-child policy to prevent a looming baby bust.
    • As it seemed to have turned out, the baby bust generation had its moment in the sun with the dot com boom, and is now sitting back, licking its wounds.
    • The latter baby bust period coincided with women entering the labour force in unprecedented numbers.
    • Wrong, because government in the age of the baby bust is going inevitably to grow.
    • Explosive population growth in the Arab world coupled with Europe's unprecedented baby bust presages a radical change in the balance of power in the Mediterranean world.
    • At the same time, those in their 20s and 30s - the household-formation years when families borrow heavily and save little - are the sparse postwar baby bust generation.
    • Generally, baby bust generations do well in their careers and earnings because they face less competition from fellow busters.
    • In the days of the baby boomers and baby busts, the keepers of reflection were the tops of their prime.
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