depression

英 [dɪˈpreʃn]

美 [dɪˈpreʃn]

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

复数：depressions　

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牛津词典

noun

• 抑郁症；精神忧郁
  a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc.
  1. clinical depression
     临床抑郁症
  2. She suffered from severe depression after losing her job.
     她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
• 抑郁；沮丧；消沉
  the state of feeling very sad and without hope
  1. There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.
     裁员消息宣布时办公室里一片忧郁和沮丧的气氛。
• 萧条期；经济衰退；不景气
  a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs
  1. The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.
     当时国家处于经济萧条期。
  2. the great Depression of the 1930s
     20世纪30年代的经济大萧条
• 洼地；凹地；坑
  a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it
  1. Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.
     雨水积在地上的浅坑里。
• 低气压；气压降低
  a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain

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.

英英释义

noun

• pushing down
  1. depression of the space bar on the typewriter
• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
• a sunken or depressed geological formation
  Synonym:natural depression
• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  1. he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
  Synonym:impressionimprint
• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  Synonym:depressive disorderclinical depression
• 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
  Synonym:slumpeconomic crisis
• an air mass of lower pressure
  1. a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
  Synonym:low

双语例句

• 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。
• When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
  冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
• You were suffering from a period of obsessive depression after losing your job.
  你正处于失去工作后一段过度焦虑的抑郁期。
• She'd sometimes sink into depression
  她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
• I suffered bouts of really hysterical depression.
  我曾患阵发的严重癔病性抑郁症。
• She continued to have severe stomach cramps, aches, fatigue, and depression
  她仍然患有严重的胃痉挛，感觉疼痛、疲乏、抑郁。
• Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less likely to suffer anxiety or depression
  吃新鲜蔬菜多的女性患焦虑症或抑郁症的几率要小很多。
• More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide
  抑郁症使他不止一次地企图自杀。
• 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。
• About one in every 20 people have clinical depression
  大约每20个人中有1个患有临床抑郁症。