bear

grammar · medium

易错句子Analysts warned that a bare market was coming.

正确表达Analysts warned that a bear market was coming.

bare 和 bear 同音 /bɛr/，但 bare 意为“裸露的、空无的”；描述证券市场价格下跌、行情看跌要用形容词 bear，如 bear market（熊市）。

grammar · medium

易错句子The index jumped 20% — a classic bear market.

正确表达The index jumped 20% — a classic bull market.

bear 指价格下跌、看跌的行情；价格上涨、看涨的行情是 bull market（牛市）。句子说指数上涨 20%，与 bear 的词义相反，应改为 bull。

grammar · medium

易错句子Wall Street is bear this year, so investors are nervous.

正确表达Wall Street is in a bear market this year, so investors are nervous.

bear 是只作定语的形容词，必须直接修饰名词（如 bear market），不能像中文“市场是熊市”那样放在 be 之后作表语；要表达“处于熊市”须用 be in a bear market 这一名词短语。