音标:[di'preʃәn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 不景气, 消沉, 沮丧, 洼地
[医] 抑郁[症], 阻抑, 压低, 凹, 窝, 衰退, 俯角
n. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
n. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
n. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
n. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
词型变化:名词复数形式 : depressions
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depression的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He suffers from acute depression.他患有严重的抑郁症。
  2. He committed suicide during a fit of depression.他一时想不开,自杀了。
  3. Many people were idle during the depression.在那萧条时期,很多人都无事可做。
  4. Roughly speaking, I think we are heading for the depression.大体说来,我认为我们正走向萧条。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. He suffers from acute depression.他患有严重的忧郁症。
  2. Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。
  3. During the 1930's US experienced a great depression.30年代美国经历了一场大萧条时期。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • avoid depression避免萧条
  • experience depression经历萧条

经典引文

  • In a state of deep depression, overmastered by those distasteful miserable memories.

    出自:George Eliot
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