depression的意思

基本释义

• n 消沉；不景气萧条期

  a feeling of sadness that makes you think there is no hope for the future

例句

1. Lucy’s mood was one of deep depression.

   露西的情绪极度消沉。

2. the devastating effects of economic depression

   经济萧条的灾难性影响

3. He suffers from acute depression.

   他患有严重的忧郁症。

4. Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.

   商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。

5. The rain collected in several depressions on the ground.

   地面上好几处凹陷的地方都积了雨水。

短语

• great depression 大萧条（美国经济大萧条时期）
• economic depression [经]经济萧条
• postpartum depression 产后忧郁症，产后抑郁
• clinical depression [心理学]临床忧郁症
• tropical depression 热带低气压；热带气旋

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英英释义

noun 1. pushing down e.g. depression of the space bar on the typewriter 2. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 3. a sunken or depressed geological formation Synonym: natural depression 4. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 5. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing e.g. he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud Synonym: impressionimprint 6. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention Synonym: depressive disorderclinical depression 7. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity 8. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment Synonym: slumpeconomic crisis 9. an air mass of lower pressure often brings precipitation e.g. a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow Synonym: low

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