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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3114 COCA: 2095

depression

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Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry, Meteorology, Illness & disability
de·pres·sion /dɪˈpreʃən/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]
a) MPa medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life 抑郁症
 women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby)
患产后抑郁症的女性
b) SAD/UNHAPPYa feeling of sadness that makes you think there is no hope for the future 忧郁，沮丧，消沉
 Lucy’s mood was one of deep depression.
露西的情绪极度消沉。
2. the (Great) Depression FAILthe period during the 1930s when there was not much business activity and not many jobs 〔20 世纪30年代的〕大萧条
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the (Great) Depression• She earned up to $ 250 per speech, a handsome sum during the Great Depression.• They will be concentrated in the same industries and come on stream as the economy is beginning its recovery from the depression.• Besides, labor disgraced itself in the Great Depression.• The lowered mood itself increases access to negative memories, serving to maintain the depression.• In the very depths of the Depression the owner decided to build a new theater.• In the midst of the Depression, none of the Gennaros does anything to support the family.• Keynes was intuitively convinced that public works would lift Britain out of the depression.• High scores on the depression scale suggest that treatment other than anxiety management might also be considered.
3  [countableC, uncountableU]FAIL a long period during which there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs 经济萧条期，不景气时期 → recession
 the devastating effects of economic depression
经济萧条的灾难性影响
4  [countableC]HOLE a part of a surface that is lower than the other parts 洼地，凹坑
 depressions in the ground
地面上的坑
5. [countableC]HEM technical a mass of air under low pressure, that usually causes rain 低气压
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depression• You could see a depression in the ground where the helicopter had landed.• a depression in the sand• The family had a history of alcoholism and depression.• Mild symptoms of anxiety and depression are often associated with social difficulties.• Denial, anger, depression, something and acceptance.• She suffers from periods of deep depression, when she locks herself away and will speak to no one for weeks.• Carcinoma, methadone, diabetes, depression, miscarriage and angina have poured down as unremittingly as the weather.• an economic depression• He has been suffering from depression since his wife died last year.• During the past few decades, prescription drugs have also been widely used to control the symptoms of depression.• Produces a quick rush of euphoria followed by a rapid depression of mood.• My father had suffered from severe depression for many years.• The nails had dug deeply into the palms, leaving bloodless, crescent-shaped depressions behind.• In Germany the depression in the late 1920s helped Hitler's rise to power.• The depressions in the sand are made by turtles, that come up here to lay their eggs.• Keiffer's book is about her battle with depression.• This may involve dealing with depression, disappointment and many other feelings that have arisen since retirement.• Hartnell blamed his financial difficulties on the worldwide depression.
post-natal depression• First, it wasn't good for the baby you were carrying; afterwards, post-natal depression.• These are probably made worse by post-natal depression and feelings of loneliness.• In July, looking thin and strained, the Princess is said to be suffering from post-natal depression during the Balmoral holidays.• I had post-natal depression, and I was tired and everything.• Croft, possibly also believing this after the evidence of death fell into his own post-natal depression.• Visits Heidi's mum Christine, who is unable to care for baby because of severe post-natal depression, visits every day.
economic depression• Churchill's move to the Board of Trade in 1908 coincided with the return of acute economic depression.• We feel there will be an economic depression.• And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.• The country was in the grip of economic depression, and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.• Ironically a period of severe economic depression may be advantageous, in one sense at least.• The disorder was aggravated by the economic depression of the 1930s.• Did unemployment, economic depression and the General Strike reduce trade unionism to a pitiful weakness?
From Longman Business Dictionary
depressionde·pres·sion /dɪˈpreʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
1ECONOMICSa long period of time during which there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs
The current economic depression can be turned around if companies can be persuaded to invest in the industry.
The nation as a whole was suffering from a period of deep depression following a boom which had peaked six or seven years before.
→ compare recession
2the (Great) Depression the period from 1929 to 1934 during which economic activity was very low and unemployment reached very high levels in the US and Europe
The American silk market collapsed in 1929/30 following the onset of the Great Depression.
Commodity prices were at their lowest since the Great Depression.
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3114 COCA: 2095
depression

noun¹

 1unhappiness/mental illness愁苦；精神病ADJECTIVE | ... OF DEPRESSION | VERB + DEPRESSION | DEPRESSION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤serious, severe嚴重的消沉➤black, deep極度的抑鬱；深深的沮喪◇moments of deep depression深感沮喪的時刻➤acute, chronic急性／慢性抑鬱▸➤mild, minor輕度／輕微抑鬱➤moderate中度抑鬱▸➤clinical臨牀抑鬱症▸➤manic躁狂抑鬱症▸➤post-natal, post-partum (NAmE) 產後抑鬱症... OF DEPRESSION➤bout, fit, period抑鬱症發作；一段時間的抑鬱◇The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression.那位演員說他經常出現抑鬱情緒。◇In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books.她一時抑鬱，扔掉了自己所有的書。◇A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.分娩之後可能會有一段時間的急性抑鬱期。VERB + DEPRESSION➤develop, fall into, go into, succumb to發展為抑鬱症；陷入抑鬱；進入抑鬱狀態；受抑鬱症折磨◇She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room.她變得極度抑鬱，拒絕離開自己的房間。➤experience, have, suffer, suffer from患抑鬱症◇She was diagnosed as having clinical depression.她被診斷患有臨牀抑鬱症。➤be treated for接受抑鬱症治療◇His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression.妻子離開了他，他正接受抑鬱症治療。➤come out of, get over, overcome從抑鬱症中恢復過來；克服沮喪情緒◇She was gradually coming out of her depression.她正逐漸從抑鬱症中恢復過來。➤cause, lead to, trigger引起／導致／誘發抑鬱症◇Bereavement can often lead to depression.喪失親人常會引發抑鬱症。➤alleviate, reduce, relieve, treat減輕／緩和／緩解／治療抑鬱症◇a new drug used to treat depression用於治療抑鬱症的新藥➤prevent預防抑鬱症DEPRESSION + VERB➤deepen抑鬱症加深▸➤lift抑鬱症消除◇Her depression has lifted now.她的抑鬱症現在痊瘉了。➤affect sb抑鬱症影響某人◇Depression affects a surprising number of people.受抑鬱症困擾者人數驚人。➤occur抑鬱症發生PREPOSITION➤in depression在抑鬱狀況中◇He may have killed himself in depression.他可能是在抑鬱的狀態中自殺的。➤with depression患有抑鬱症◇He's been off work for months with depression.他患有抑鬱症，已經幾個月沒有工作了。PHRASES➤the depths of depression深度的抑鬱◇I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results.拿到考試結果我沮喪極了。➤feelings of depression沮喪的感覺▸➤the onset of depression抑鬱症的發作◇The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.抑鬱症發作常常是在造成心理創傷的事件之後。➤a state of depression抑鬱狀態◇He was in a state of acute depression.他急性抑鬱症正在發作。➤symptoms of depression抑鬱症症狀➤treatment for depression抑鬱症治療◇She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.她一直在接受抑鬱症治療。  ➡ topic at illness
depression

noun²

 2period of reduced economic activity經濟蕭條期ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEPRESSION | DEPRESSION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤great, major, serious, severe大蕭條；嚴重的蕭條▸➤worldwide世界範圍的蕭條▸➤economic經濟蕭條◇The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.該國正在經歷嚴重的經濟蕭條。VERB + DEPRESSION➤be in the grip of, experience處於蕭條狀態；經歷蕭條▸➤go into陷入蕭條◇The market has gone into depression.市場陷入了蕭條期。➤face面臨蕭條DEPRESSION + VERB➤deepen蕭條加劇◇The depression seems to be deepening.蕭條狀況看來正在加劇。PREPOSITION➤during a/the depression, in a/the depression在經濟蕭條期間◇Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.20 世紀 30 年代的大蕭條時期有很多人失業。PHRASES➤the depths of a depression極蕭條的時期▸➤a period of depression蕭條期◇periods of severe economic depression數個經濟大蕭條時期
depression

noun³

 3hollow part in the surface of sth凹陷ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤shallow, slight, small淺坑；略微下陷；微小的凹陷▸➤deep深坑PREPOSITION➤depression in, depression on⋯裏的／⋯上的凹陷◇The photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.照片顯示行星表面有一處淺淺的凹陷。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3114 COCA: 2095
depression noun
⇨ gloom (a mood of depression) ⇨ recession (an economic depression)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3114 COCA: 2095
depression
Sadness and unhappiness: sadness, depression, grief...
Specific mental illnesses and general words for mental illness: agoraphobia, ASPD, automatism...
Economy and economics: agronomics, austerity, boom...
Weather patterns and air pressure: air pressure, anticyclone, atmospheric pressure...
Marks created by pressure: imprint, print, footprint...

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