depression
英 [dɪˈpreʃn] 美 [dɪˈprɛʃən]

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)

1. [U][C]忧伤,消沉,沮丧 a feeling of sadness and hopelessness
2. [C]经济大萧条,不景气时期 a long period of seriously reduced business activity and high unemployment
3. [C]凹陷,洼地 a part of a surface lower than the other parts
4. [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"

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

更多收起词组短语

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.)

1. He suffers from acute depression.
   他患有严重的抑郁症。
2. He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
   他一时想不开，自杀了。
3. Many people were idle during the depression.
   在那萧条时期，很多人都无事可做。
4. 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