depression /dɪˈprɛʃən/ noun plural depressions
plural depressions
Learner's definition of DEPRESSION
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a : a state of feeling sad傷心;沮喪;抑鬱 b : a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way抑鬱症 -
She has been undergoing treatment for severe/deep depression.她因患重度抑鬱症一直在接受治療。
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Many people suffer from clinical depression for years before being diagnosed.許多人在確診前已患上臨床抑鬱症多年了。
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bouts/periods of depression抑鬱症發作期/發病期
— see also manic depression 2
: a period of time in which there is little economic activity and many people do not have jobs蕭條期;不景氣 [count]
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After several years of an economic boom, it looks as though we may be heading toward a depression.幾年的經濟繁榮過後,看來我們可能要進入經濟蕭條期了。
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He grew up during the (Great) Depression. [=the 1930s, when the U.S. and many other countries were in a very bad depression]他是在(大)蕭條時期長大的。
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[count] : an area on a surface that is lower than other parts : a low spot窪地;凹地 4
[count] weather : a large area where there is low pressure in the atmosphere with usually clouds and rain低氣壓