单词 | snap |
释义 | snap snap // verb [+ obj] (-pp-)
(used in newspapers) to break a pattern of rising or falling prices: The Nasdaq gained 4.3% last week to snap a six-week losing streak. The major indexes ended the week lower, snapping a two-week winning stretch.
PHRASAL VERBS
snap back if markets, currencies or prices snap back, they recover quickly: The dollar snapped back almost immediately. There is room for the market to snap back. SNAPBACK
snap sb up to act quickly in order to employ a person: He was snapped up by a rival bank.
snap sth up to buy sth quickly, for example because it is cheap or you think it will increase in value: Shoppers have been snapping up bargains at the New Year sales. Fund managers snapped up the issue. Investors are snapping up properties in order to rent them out. |
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