| 单词 | cycle |
| 释义 | cycle cycle // noun [C]
ACCOUNTING CYCLE, BILLING CYCLE, BUSINESS CYCLE, ECONOMIC CYCLE, FAMILY LIFE CYCLE, KONDRATIEFF CYCLE, LIFE CYCLE, PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE, TRADE CYCLE
1 a regular pattern of events: a vicious (= very bad) cycle of reduced spending, lower production and unemployment Fashions tend to go in cycles. breaking the cycle of five working days and two leisure days
2 a pattern that an economy, an industry, a market, etc. tends to follow, with periods of success and periods of difficulty happening regularly one after another: The market is at the bottom of the cycle and should start improving soon. The IT industry has been through many boom-and-bust cycles.
3 a single period of success, failure, etc. that forms part of a regular series: The economy appears to be moving into a down cycle. a growth cycle
4 a regular period of time during which sb/sth completes a particular activity: We are trying to shorten our product-development cycle. We tend to work in 12-month cycles. We have a 60-day hiring cycle. |
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