depression

英[dɪˈpreʃn]美[dɪˈpreʃn]

n.抑郁(症)，消沉，萧条(期)，洼地，低气压；

复数：depressions;

例句

For much of his life he suffered from recurrent bouts of depression.他的大半辈子反复发作抑郁症。

The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.抑郁症发作常常发生在遭受创伤之后。

She is disposed to sudden bouts of depression.她动不动就会突然抑郁症发作。

The economic depression hits shipbuilding industry badly.经济萧条使造船业蒙受严重损失。

A depression over the Atlantic usually brings bad weather in Britain.大西洋上空的低气压通常给英国带来恶劣的天气。

Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。

He suffers from acute depression.他患有严重的忧郁症。

A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。

anti-depression cartel反萧条卡特尔

Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.许多人把乌云与沮丧、阴郁联系起来。

英语六级真题

I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

They suffer from depression without showing any symptoms.

They are almost as liable to depression as the high-risk group.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon ( ' , 霓虹灯 ) sign.

Depression and anxiety are the most common symptoms of mental problems.

But the invisible group wasn't far behind the high-risk set, with more than 13% of them exhibiting depression.

99 Occupational stress increases the risk of heart attack and diabetes, accelerates the aging process, decreases longevity, and contributes to depression and anxiety, among numerous other negative health outcomes.

What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.

A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression

Thus traumatized (受到创伤) the economy might have gone into a free fall ending in depression.

That these huge declines didn't lead to depression mainly reflects, as Romer argues, countermeasures taken by the government

Government's failure to perform this role in the early 1930s transformed recession into depression.

Why do consumers, businesses and investors retreat and panic in times of depression

Why didn't the current recession turn into a depression according to Christina Romer?

Despite bottoming out in 1933, the Depression didn't end until World War II.

Its severity is no match for the Great Depression of

Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world.

People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others.

Beyond revealing population-wide patterns, the right combination of data and analysis can also help individuals identify unique characteristics of their own behavior, including conditions that could indicate the need for some form of intervention-such as

I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; It was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

Occupational stress increases the risk of heart attack and diabetes, accelerates the aging process, decreases longevity, and contributes to depression and anxiety, among numerous other negative health outcomes.

Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon sign.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

抑郁;沮丧;消沉

Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.

例句

N-COUNT

萧条（期）；不景气

A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.

例句

N-COUNT

凹陷;凹坑;洼地

A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it.

例句

N-COUNT

低气压

A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.

英汉词典释义

n.

忧伤, 消沉, 沮丧

经济大萧条, 不景气时期

凹陷, 洼地

低气压(地区)

低气压；气压降低

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

3. a sunken or depressed geological formation

4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

5. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

6. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

7. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

8. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

9. pushing down;

行业词典

体育： 降低；凹处；沮丧；精神不振；压抑；抑郁；

冶金学： 抑制；

医学： 凹，窝；压低：功能活动降低；抑郁〔症〕：情感悲哀，绝望沮丧。抑郁的范围可从烦闷感、心境恶劣到大抑郁症。它在许多方面类似居丧时的悲痛与哀伤；常有自尊心减弱、内疚、自我责备、不与人交往以及饮食和睡眠失调；

地理学： 洼地；

心理学： 抑郁；

法律： 经济衰退；

生物学： 凹坑；

生理学： 压抑；

石油： 拗陷；

药学： 抑郁［症］；凹陷；