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

• Mr Thomas was suffering from depression
  托马斯先生患有抑郁症。
• For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression
  丹尼尔去世后的最初几个月里，我一直处于临床抑郁症的状态。
• I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
  我因抑郁症休了7个月的病假。
• 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。
• A brisk walk in the fresh air can lift your mood and dissolve a winter depression
  在清新的空气中轻快地散散步，会让你心情愉快，一扫冬日的抑郁。
• Depression can be traced to holding in anger
  抑郁症可以追溯到对愤怒情绪的压抑。
• 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。
• Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
  抑郁症会降低人体对疾病的抵抗力。
• The result later in life may be feelings of emptiness and depression.
  之后对生活产生的影响可能会是空虚感和沮丧感。
• I slid into a depression.
  我逐渐消沉了。