商務英語必備1000字 Unit15

　economic trends
　　boom
　　n. 景氣；繁榮
　　Living standards improved greatly during the post-war boom.
　　戰后經濟繁榮期間，生活水準大幅改善。
　　economic fluctuation
　　經濟波動
　　The Central Bank successfully curbed the economic fluctuation.
　　央行成功抑制了這樣的經濟波動。
　　inflation
　　n. 通貨膨脹
　　The country suffers from high inflation.
　　該國飽受高通膨之苦。
　　lagging indicator
　　落后指標
　　Inflation is a lagging indicator, so it continues to rise even as the economy slows.
　　通膨是一項落后指標，因此即使經濟趨緩它仍持續上升。
　　optimistic
　　adj. 樂觀的
　　Analysts are cautiously optimistic about the country's economic future.
　　分析師審慎樂觀預期該國經濟的未來。
　　outlook
　　n. 展望
　　The economic outlook for the second half of the year is dimmer than in the first half.
　　下半年經濟展望比上半年更不看好。
　　recession
　　n. 景氣衰退
　　The government is changing policies to pull the country out of recession.
　　政府正改變政策好讓國家脫離景氣衰退。
　　recovery
　　n. 復甦
　　Sales show a strong indication of economic recovery.
　　銷售強烈顯示經濟復甦的跡象。
　　stagnant
　　adj. 停滯的
　　Since the 1970s, the country's economy has been stagnant.
　　自一九七○年代起，該國經濟一直停滯不前。
　　turnaround
　　n.（營業、經濟等的）突然好轉
　　People expect a remarkable turnaround in our economy.
　　人民期望經濟能顯著好轉。