depression
depression
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy
沮丧，抑郁
■(Medicine)a condition of mental disturbance characterized by such feelings to a greater degree than seems warranted by the external circumstances， typically with lack of energy and difficulty in maintaining concentration or interest in life
(医)抑郁症
clinical depression.
临床抑郁症。
■a long and severe recession in an economy or market
萧条
the depression in the housing market.
房产市场的萧条。
■(the Depression 或 the Great Depression)the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years
（1929年及随后几年的）大萧条 - the lowering or reducing of something
降低，减少
the depression of prices.
降低价格。
■the action of lowering something or pressing something down
按下，推压
depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin.
推压注射器柱塞注入两个单位的胰岛素。
■[count noun]a sunken place or hollow on a surface
凹面，低凹处
the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks.
原来的浅浅的低凹处慢慢变成了小溪。
■(Astronomy & Geography)the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane
(天文，地理)俯角，俯视角
■[count noun](Meteorology)a region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system
(气象)低气压区（尤指旋风系统）
- late Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere 'press down'(see depress)
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