depressions

英 [dɪˈprɛʃənz]

美 [dɪˈprɛʃənz]

n.  抑郁症; 精神忧郁; 抑郁; 沮丧; 消沉; 萧条期; 经济衰退; 不景气
depression的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 抑郁;沮丧;消沉
  Depressionis a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
  1. Mr Thomas was suffering from depression...
     托马斯先生患有抑郁症。
  2. I slid into a depression and became morbidly fascinated with death.
     我陷入消沉，开始对死亡有种病态的迷恋。
• N-COUNT 萧条（期）；不景气
  Adepressionis a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
  1. He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
     他永远不会忘记 20 世纪 30 年代经济大萧条时期他所亲眼目睹的困苦情形。
• N-COUNT 凹陷;凹坑;洼地
  Adepressionin a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it.
  1. ...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions.
     密布着雨水洼的地区
• 低气压
  Adepressionis a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.

双语例句

• Many of the great entrepreneurs of the past started their companies near business recessions and depressions.
  曾经有很多伟大的企业家都是在经济不景气和衰退刚刚结束的阶段开创企业的。
• We have seen and lived through depressions and wars with our families and communities.
  我们和家庭、社区一起见证并渡过了多次萧条和战争。
• Industry depressions usually cause misery among the workers.
  工业不景气常常使工人受害。
• Rain forms puddles in the depressions on the ground.
  一下雨，地面下陷的地方就成了水坑。
• For milder depressions, certain forms of psychotherapy do work well.
  对较轻微的抑郁症，某些形式的心理治疗效果的确不错。
• The fourth would be semi-permanent depressions in weak countries.
  第四条途径是弱国进入半永久性的萧条。
• Having long narrow shallow depressions ( as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface.
  在表面有长而狭窄且浅的凹陷的（像凹槽或皱纹）。
• They also like to hang near shore, in depressions in the sand and near sandbars.
  他们也想坑附近的岸边，在洼地，在沙及附近的沙洲。
• Inflation and depressions are related to the credit in society.
  通货膨胀和通货紧缩都与社会信用密切相关。
• Look at those in control: they cause recessions and depressions at a whim.
  看看那些控制的人：他们仅凭自己的兴趣就能导致经济衰退与萧条。