This rather dramatic expression describes a very big fall in sales.
这个相当戏剧化的表达描述的是销售额大幅降低。
经济学人-国际
Europe will be the only region to shrink, with the biggest falls in former Soviet countries.
欧洲是唯一人口缩减的地区,其中前苏联国家人口减少最多。
BBC 听力 2020年5月合集
Germany has reported its biggest fall in industrial orders since records began nearly 30 years ago.
德国报告称该国工业订单出现近30年有记录以来的最大降幅。
2020年高考英语阅读真题
B. A big fall in crime rates.
B. 犯罪率大幅下降。
玩具总动员
Oh, Buzz. You've had a big fall. You must not be thinking clearly.
巴斯,你八成摔傻了,摔得脑筋都不清楚了。
BBC 听力 2018年2月合集
Share prices in the United States have plunged by more than 11,000 points in the biggest one day fall since the financial crisis a decade ago.
美国股价暴跌超过一万一千点,创下自十年前金融危机以来单日最大跌幅。
BBC 听力 2016年1月合集
Under what's called the circuit breaker, markets immediately shut when there was a big fall in prices. But that just put investors into sale mode more quickly.
在所谓的熔断机制下,一旦出现价格大幅度下降,股市就会立即关闭,但这只会让投资者更快地抛售。
精选英语短文
In Europe, the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and UK banks, fell 5.6% in morning trade — notching its biggest fall since last March.
For instance, there was a big fall in taxable income after tax rates rose in 1993; but most of this seems to have come from a few rich people hurrying to cash in their stock options before taxes rose.