see an upward trend 呈现出上升的趋势
The housing market saw an upward trend in 2003.
房地产市场在2003年呈现出了上升的趋势。
反义：witness a downward trend 呈现出下降的趋势
The prices of consumer goods witnessed a downward trend.
消费品的价格呈现出下降的趋势。
联想：see an opposite trend 呈现出相反的趋势
In contrast, the cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend.
相比之下，家具和设备的费用则呈现出相反的趋势。
rocket to... 急速上升至……
The petrol price (汽油价格)rocketed to a record high.
汽油价格急速飞升到了历史最高纪录。
近义：soar to... 飞速上升至
The rate of heart disease soared to 79 per 1，000 people.
患心脏疾病的比例飞速上升至79%。
peak at... 在某位置到达最高点
The figures show that the unemployment rate peaked at 9.8% in October.
数据显示失业率在十月份达到了最高点9。
近义：reach the highest point 到达最高点
The crime rate rose throughout (在整个…)the 1990s and reached the highest point in 2001.
犯罪率在整个九十年代都在不断上升，直到2001年达到了顶峰。
a slump 下挫
There was a slump in the demand for new cars in 2007.
对于新车的需求在2007年有所下挫。
近义：a decline 下降
There was a substantial decline in the unemployment rate.
失业率有了显著的下降。
fall consistently from... to... 从…持续下降到…
After 2007，housing prices in the UK fell consistently through 2009.
从2007年到2009年英国的房价一直在持续下降。
近义：fall continuously from... to... 从…持续降至…
The criminal-offence rate fell continuously from 2001 to 2011.
刑事犯罪率从2001年开始到2011年，一直持续下降。
plummet to... 骤降至
That number rose to 3,900 by 2004 and then plummeted to 760 by 2008.
这个数字在2004年达到了 3900,然后到了 2008年却陡然骤降到760。
近义：drop swiftly to... 快速下降至…
The number of full-time jobs generated by the retail industry dropped swiftly to 14,000.
零售业所提供的全职岗位数量驟降至14000。
反义：go up steeply to... 迅速升至…
Then the interest rate went up steeply to 4.2%.
然后利率迅速升至4.2%。
bottom out 降至最低点
The government claimed that the recession (衰退)had bottomed out.
政府宣称经济衰退已经要触底反弹了。
近义：drop to its lowest level 降至最低点
Inflation dropped to its lowest level in five years.
通货膨胀率降到了近5年来的最低点。
