Depression
[ dɪ'prɛʃən ]
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n. 萎靡不振，沮丧;下陷处，坑;衰弱;减缓;
💡 词根助记
de向下+press挤压+ion名词后缀 → 向下挤压 → 沮丧；萧条
📝 例句
Water filled the depressions in the ground.
地上的坑里积满了水。
Business boomed after the depression.
萧条之后生意兴隆起来。
During a depression money circulates slowly.
在商业萧条时期, 货币流通滞缓。
She is in a state of deep depression.
她处于深深的沮丧状态之中。
A depression usually brings bad weather.
低气压往往带来坏天气。
🌱 联想助记
【记】de-拼音“德”,pression-压力:德国的压力很大,经济不景气
***联想记忆词汇***
秦烩deplete了国家depot中deposit资金,导致了宋朝的货币的depreciate,经济depression,人们生活贫困,deplore选择了秦烩做宰相,岳飞deprecate 了秦烩的所作所为,却遭到了deport的惩罚,人民普遍感到depress,加上金国不断的骚扰,depredation百姓的财物,人们生活极度贫苦
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
de-表示“下”
📖 牛津释义
depression
n
1 [U] being depressed; low spirits 忧愁; 沮丧; 消沉
He committed suicide during a fit of depression. 他一时想不开, 自杀了.
2 [C] hollow sunken place in the surface of sth, esp the ground; dip 凹陷处; （尤指）洼地, 坑
depressions on the face of the moon 月球表面的凹陷处
The soldiers hid from the enemy in a slight depression. 士兵们隐藏在低洼处, 躲过了敌人.
3 [C] period when there is little economic activity, and usu poverty and unemployment 经济萧条期.
4 [C]
(a) (winds caused by a) lowering of atmospheric pressure 气压降低（形成的气流）.
(b) area where this happens 低气压区
a depression over Iceland 冰岛上空的低气压区. Cf 参看 anticyclone.
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'preʃәn]n. 不景气, 消沉, 沮丧, 洼地【医】 抑郁[症], 阻抑, 压低, 凹, 窝, 衰退, 俯角【经】 不景气, 营业萧条
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Come on, Philip!
快点， Philip。
That was a close call.
太危险了。
The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
工人说，悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人。