From the second sentence of the first paragraph of this article at Cointelegraph.
上記の文で、bottom outの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "bottom out" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
- 最も低い位置にある、最低になる、どん底に落ち込む
- 底[海底]に達する、座礁する
- 底を打つ、底値になる[達する]、底入れする、最低水準まで下落する
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve
Etymology/語源
Dictionary.comによると、1800年代において、bottomは動詞として使用されるようになり、1900年代の中頃にoutをつけらた。この用法は、主に貿易や金融関係で使用される。
According to Dictionary.com:
[The] verbal use of bottom originated in the late 1800s and, with the addition of out in the mid-1900s, tends to be used mostly in the context of trade and finance.
Examples
- Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months.
- Economists think that the recession is bottoming out.
- The housing market has bottomed out in this part of the country.
- Interest rates bottomed out last February.
- The company's sales of computers have bottomed out, but they should increase when a new model comes out.
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