劍橋詞典a situation in which people lose their jobs , or companies stop doing business , because of economic difficulties 蕭條，衰退；倒閉 The shakeout in the labour market after Christmas usually makes January a bad month for unemployment . 圣誕節(jié)之后，勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)的衰退通常會(huì)加劇一月份的失業(yè)狀況。 There has been a shakeout of inefficient corporations . 一些效率低下的公司倒閉了。 返回 shakeout