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Change log entry 76823
Processed by: richwarm (2023-01-14 05:05:12 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 72213 >>
断崖式
duànyáshì
形 属性词。(价格、数量等)下降呈直线的:利润~下滑。

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said domestic home prices are likely to suffer "a cliff-like drop" in the second half of next year.
中国社科院表示,2016年第二季度后国内房价有出现“断崖式下跌”的可能。

巴西经济出现了断崖式暴跌,这是多年来经济管理不当和大面积腐败丑闻的结果。
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Editor: "decline" is probably not the best word to use here. It means "a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value", whereas 断崖式 implies that the loss is *not* gradual.

- 颜值断崖式下跌?
- 近日,寒潮来袭,不少地方出现“断崖式”降温。
- 甚至有很多人认为,到了60岁,身体的衰老是“断崖式”的,跟以前完全不一样。
Diff:
# 斷崖式 断崖式 [duan4 ya2 shi4] /(of a decline) cliff-like/
+ 斷崖式 断崖式 [duan4 ya2 shi4] /(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous/
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