depression

英式音标：[dɪˈpreʃn]

美式音标：[dɪˈprɛʃən]

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概况：

n. 沮丧；洼地；不景气；忧愁

词义：

n.

萎靡不振，沮丧；下陷处，坑；衰弱；减缓

变形

复数：depressions

双语释义

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

英英释义

depression

n.

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

同义词：slumpeconomic crisis

a sunken or depressed geological formation

同义词：natural depression

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

同义词：Great Depression

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

同义词：lowlow pressure

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

同义词：depressive disorderclinical depression

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

同义词：impressionimprint

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

pushing down

"depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

用法：

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

avoid depression避免萧条

experience depression经历萧条

词组短语

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

freezing point depression冰点降低

manic depression躁郁症，躁狂抑郁状态

chronic depression慢性萧条；[医]慢性抑郁

depression area沉降区

prosperity and depression繁荣与萧条

mental depression心理抑郁；精神消沈

spreading depression扩散性抑制

同近义词辨析

disappointment, despair, desperation, depression

这组词都有“绝望、沮丧”的意思，其区别是：

disappointment多指愿望或期望的落空。

despair普通用词，指因灾难等因素而丧失希望和信心，陷入沮丧，绝望的境地。

desperation语气强烈，指因绝望而使人采取无所顾忌的疯狂行动。

depression侧重指因遭受重大失利或挫折而产生的低落情绪。

双语例句

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。

权威例句

A rating scale for depression.

A quick rating scale for depression

A new depression scale designed to be sensitive to change.

An inventory for measuring depression.

A self-report depression scale for research in the general population

Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder.

Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene

The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population

Detection of postnatal depression. Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

The Center for Epidemiologic Study of Depression (CESD) Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population

同义词：unhappiness,stagnancy,recession,mulligrubs,megrim,lacune,katzenjammer,howe,hard times,gloominess,dismay,disappointment,despondence,dejection,bottomland

同根词：depressive,depressing,depressed,depress

英语词源：

depression (n.)

late 14c. as a term in astronomy, from Old French depression (14c.) or directly from Latin depressionem (nominative depressio), noun of action from past participle stem of deprimere "to press down, depress" (see depress). Attested from 1650s in the literal sense; meaning "dejection, depression of spirits" is from early 15c. (as a clinical term in psychology, from 1905); meteorological sense is from 1881 (in reference to barometric pressure); meaning "a lowering or reduction in economic activity" was in use by 1826; given a specific application (with capital D-) by 1934 to the one that began worldwide in 1929. For "melancholy, depression" an Old English word was grevoushede.

造句：

1. deep depression

深低气压

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2. growth estimate for the current year, citing the “largest financial crisis in the US since the Great Depression

国际货币基金组织(IMF)再次下调了对当前年度全球经济增长的预期，理由是“美国出现了自大萧条(Great Depression)以来规模最大的金融危机”。

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3. panel that he feared “the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression

耶鲁大学(Yale University)经济学家罗伯特席勒(Robert Shiller)向一个美国国会小组表示，他担心“此次房价崩溃可能成为自大萧条(Great Depression)以来最严重的一次

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4. depression factor

沉陷系数

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5. surface depression

路面沉陷

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6. liver depression

肝郁

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7. exogenous depression

外源性抑郁

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8. depression basin

坳陷

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9. affective depression

情感性抑郁症

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10. depression tank

减压箱

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