cyclical firm

基本解释

Unpaid leave is becoming more common, and not only at the cyclical manufacturing firms where it is established practice.
无薪假期变得更普及，且不仅仅是按惯例实行的具有周期性质的制造业公司。
Deep-pocketed private-equity firms provide a new source of capital, although many analysts are sceptical that they can thrive in such a capital-intensive and cyclical industry.
资本殷实的私募股权公司也提供了新的资金来源，尽管有分析家质疑它们是否能在航空这样一个资本密集，周期性显著的行业里取得成功。
The trouble is that the counter-cyclical forces that were expected to save the skins of many firms, especially those that relied heavily on the financial industry, have yet to materialise.
困难在于寄希望于挽救这些律所（尤其是严重依赖金融产业的律所）的反周期力量还未出现。

They can endanger weak companies and firms in cyclical industries, which do not have stable cashflow to pay down the additional debt.
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The subsidised lending was done largely to firms of good standing that were hardly expected at the time to be caught by a cyclical downturn.
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