day 143rise and fall

rise and fall

Describe how prices, markets and industries rise and fall, and explain a chain of causes with 由于……，加上……，所以…… and 虽说…….

today’s words

• 飙升 biāoshēng · to soar, shoot up
• 递增 dìzēng · to increase step by step
• 激增 jīzēng · to surge, increase sharply
• 高涨 gāozhǎng · to rise (prices); to run high (feelings)
• 起伏 qǐfú · to rise and fall; ups and downs
• 波动 bōdòng · to fluctuate
• 浮动 fúdòng · to float, vary (within a range)
• 反弹 fǎntán · to rebound, bounce back
• 回归 huíguī · to return (to)
• 倒退 dàotuì · to go backwards
• 退步 tuìbù · to fall behind, get worse
• 退化 tuìhuà · to degenerate, wither (skills, organs)
• 衰减 shuāijiǎn · to weaken, decay
• 衰落 shuāiluò · to decline, go downhill
• 减退 jiǎntuì · to diminish, fade
• 萎缩 wěisuō · to shrink, wither
• 没落 mòluò · to decline, fall (of a family, class)
• 低谷 dīgǔ · low point, trough
• 落差 luòchā · gap, drop
• 缩减 suōjiǎn · to reduce, cut back
• 削减 xuējiǎn · to cut (a budget, numbers)
• 削弱 xuēruò · to weaken
• 缩水 suōshuǐ · to shrink (in the wash); to lose value
• 收缩 shōusuō · to contract, pull back
• 扩 kuò · to expand, enlarge
• 扩充 kuòchōng · to expand, augment
• 扩张 kuòzhāng · to expand (business, territory)
• 扩散 kuòsàn · to spread, diffuse
• 蔓延 mànyán · to spread (fire, disease, mood)
• 拓宽 tuòkuān · to widen, broaden
• 拓展 tuòzhǎn · to expand, develop (a market)
• 壮大 zhuàngdà · to grow stronger; strong
• 兴盛 xīngshèng · flourishing, prosperous
• 蓬勃 péngbó · vigorous, booming
• 盛行 shèngxíng · to be in vogue, prevail

sentences

• 三年前，海运价格飙升了好几倍，运费变得很高昂。 · Three years ago, shipping prices shot up several times over, and freight became very expensive.
• 这几年茶叶的价格起伏很大，有人趁机投机。 · Tea prices have gone up and down a lot in recent years, and some people have taken the chance to speculate.
• 虽说出口不好，可网上的销售蓬勃发展。 · Exports may be poor, but online sales are booming.
• 由于需求下降，加上关税提高，所以利润缩水了。 · Because demand fell and tariffs went up, profits shrank.
• 那个小镇曾经很兴盛，后来慢慢衰落了。 · That little town was once thriving, then it slowly went into decline.