1·Shortly thereafter, financial institutions hit the skids in rapid succession.
此后不久，金融机构接二连三地出现触礁。
2·The whole project hit the skids when it failed to win the approval of the trustees.
整个工程由于没有得到受托管理人的赞助而每况愈下。
3·Such chatter has spread like wildfire, but insiders have denied that the phone has hit the skids.
这个谣言已经像火灾一样蔓延开来了，但是内部人员否认遇到这个挫折。
4·We'll be hearing a lot more about "21st Century Syndrome" as reported cases have skyrocketed since the economy hit the skids.
关于“二十一世纪综合症”我们听到的将会越来越多，正如报告中所说的那样，自从经济走了下坡路，患者人数就开始飙升。
5·Though the full-year result was satisfactory, earnings of many of the businesses in this group hit the skids in last year's fourth quarter.
虽然全年的结果令人满意，但整个集团中的许多业务的盈利水平在去年四季度踩了刹车。
6·I tried working part-time as a reporter for this newspaper years ago when my children were small, just as the economy hit the skids in a previous downturn.
几年前，我曾想为《华尔街日报》做兼职记者，当时我的孩子很小，而经济在上一轮衰退中正在走下坡路。
7·Starting in late 2007, many of these funds hit the skids, thanks to mortgage-related securities and other complex holdings that dropped during the credit crunch.
从2007年底开始，由于抵押贷款相关证券和其他复合资产在信贷危机期间下滑，许多这类基金都走下坡路。