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据报道，由于伦敦七月发生的恐怖袭击事件，伦敦市中心的百货商店和其它零售商店损失了14亿美元的销售收入。宾馆、饭店和其它行业的收入也遭受了重大损失。外电报道说： Economists working for the Mayor of London forecast last month's deadly attacks will cost the city's economy up to 300 million pounds (540 million dollars, 440 million euros), a newspaper said. But the Financial Times added that the predicted economic loss of between 200 and 300 million pounds was far short of the 600-million-pound slump in business suffered by London before, during and immediately after the Iraq war. "Six weeks after the July 7 attacks killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers, the Greater London Authority (GLA) accepts there has been some downturn," the economic daily reported. 句中的 "downturn" means a reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity"（尤指经济方面的）衰退；下降趋势"。如：There is a evidence of downturn in the building trade/house prices.（有证据表明建筑业/房价有下降趋势。） （中国日报网站编）