depression是什么意思

2023-11-23 17:26:17

depression

美[dɪpreʃn] 英[dɪpreʃn]

n. 沮丧；萧条

近义词：hollow，recession，cheerfulness，gladness，

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n.(名词)

[U][C]忧伤,消沉,沮丧 a feeling of sadness and hopelessness
[C]经济大萧条,不景气时期 a long period of seriously reduced business activity and high unemployment
[C]凹陷,洼地 a part of a surface lower than the other parts
[C]低气压(地区) an area where the pressure of the air is low in the ground

Noun

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
a sunken or depressed geological formation
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
pushing down;
"depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

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用作名词(n.)

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