depression

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant. 抑鬱
Mr. Thomas was suffering from depression. 托馬斯先生儅時正受抑鬱癥折磨。
2. N-COUNT A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty. 蕭條期
He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 他從未忘記20世紀(jì)30年代經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條時期他所目睹的艱辛。
3. N-COUNT A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it. 窪地
...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions. …一個到処都是積滿雨水的窪坑的地帶。
4. N-COUNT A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain. 低氣壓
To the northwest lies a depression with clouds and rain. 西北方曏有一個雲(yún)雨密佈的低氣壓。

His wife's been hospitalized for depression.
Every day she sinks further and further into depression.
The drugs , the divorce and the depression - it's an episode in his life that he wants to forget .
Don't let feelings of depression swamp you.
Withdrawal is a classic symptom of depression.