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　

Collins.3 / BNC.3114 / COCA.2095

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

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.

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

I slid into a depression.
我逐渐消沉了。
Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression
就一些女性患抑郁症的原因，各种说法纷至沓来。
A period of depression can be a perfectly natural response to certain aspects of life.
某段时间感到抑郁可能是对生活某些方面很正常的反应。
I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
我因抑郁症休了7个月的病假。
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。
She'd sometimes sink into depression
她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
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。
This school of thought argues that depression is best treated by drugs.
这一学派主张抑郁症最好用药物治疗。
They are fearful of another business depression.
他们担心会再次发生商业萧条。
Mr Thomas was suffering from depression
托马斯先生患有抑郁症。