recession

recession
noun
  1. a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters
    (经济的)衰退(期)
  2. [mass noun](chiefly Astronomy)the action of receding; motion away from an observer
    (主天文)退行
派生
recessionary
adjective
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin recessio(n-), from recess- 'gone back', from the verb recedere (see recede)
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