In the 1920s Britain had sunk into an economic slump.

上世纪20年代，英国陷入了一场经济衰退。

That's longer than the economic slumps there five year ago.

这比五年前发生的经济衰退时间还要久。

Meta reported falling sales and rising costs, stoking fears of an economic slump.

Meta（科技公司）报告称销售额下降，成本上升，引发了人们对经济衰退的担忧。

Then there is France, where couples looked at the economic slump and shrugged.

然后在法国，夫妻们看着经济衰落，也表示无奈。

Far fewer young people work than did ten years ago, because of the economic slump and the expansion of higher education.

受经济衰退和高等教育扩招影响，现在的年轻人就业率与十年前的相比下降了许多。

And an economic slump that starts in one country can spread beyond its borders, creating a domino effect.

在一个国家开始的经济衰退可能会蔓延到国界之外，产生多米诺骨牌效应。

Prime Minister,  to revive the country’s economy, poverty is on the rise.  So, can Japan escape  its prolonged economic slump?

总理，为了振兴国家经济，贫困正在加剧。 那么，日本能否摆脱长期的经济衰退呢？

BRITAIN'S flexible labour market was a boon during the economic slump, helping keep joblessness down and then, when the recovery began, allowing employment to rise.

英国灵活的劳动力市场在经济衰退期间是一个福音，因为这既帮助压低失业率, 而且当经济开始复苏又促进就业。

But by the mid-1970s the town, like many other mid-western towns after World War Two, was in the midst of an economic slump.

但到 20 世纪 70 年代中期， 该镇与第二次世界大战后的许多其他中西部城镇一样，处于经济衰退之中。

This branch was in charge of making the middle class leisure activities affordable and available to the masses after the brutal economic slump of the 1920s.

在 1920 年代残酷的经济衰退之后，该部门负责使中产阶级的休闲活动变得负担得起并为大众所用。

Global demand for goods and services has declined - especially in Europe - where a debt crisis and tough austerity measures have produced the longest economic slump in the 17-nation eurozone’s history.

全球对商品和服务的需求已经下降 - 特别是在欧洲 - 债务危机和严厉的紧缩措施造成了欧元区 17 国历史上持续时间最长的经济衰退。