depression

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n. 不景气, 消沉, 沮丧, 洼地 [医] 抑郁[症], 阻抑, 压低, 凹, 窝, 衰退, 俯角

发音

UK /dɪˈpɹɛʃn̩/
US /dəˈpɹɛʃn̩/

词形变化

depressions 复数 depressions

别名

depr

教材释义与例句

名词

沮丧；洼地；不景气；忧愁；低气压区

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature.

    不可数 心理学 可数

    I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.

  2. 2.

    A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.

    可数 心理学 不可数
  3. 3.

    An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

    洼地

    凹地

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.

    可数 不可数 气象
  5. 5.

    A period of major economic contraction.

    萧条

    可数 不可数 金融
  6. 6.

    A period of major economic contraction.

    Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth (for example, this operational definition is used by the US NBER and many other writers).

    可数 不可数 金融

    The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.

  7. 7.

    The act of lowering or pressing something down.

    可数 不可数

    Depression of the lever starts the machine.

  8. 8.

    A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

    可数 不可数 生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

low impression imprint slump clinical depression depressive disorder economic crisis

反义词 1

elation

上位词 10

push pushing crisis sadness formation unhappiness affective disorder airmass concavity emotional disturbance

下位词 10

line bed deep hole bottom crack valley channel scratch sink

整体词 1

cyclone

相关短语

Depression cake Depression cakes tropical depression manic depression 躁郁症 postpartum depression 产后抑郁症 Great Depression 大萧条 winter depression inbreeding depression postnatal depression double depression angle of depression [医] 低降角 angles of depression post-con depression infranasal depression seasonal depression

词源

From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion.

来源：wiktionary