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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Many new marriages end in divorce.
许多现代的婚姻以离婚收场。
I'd like to change this ticket to the first class.
我想把这张票换成头等车。
He makes it seem as if this is one of the most delicious meals that he has ever enjoyed.
他演得像极了，他吃皮鞋的情景就像他吃过的最可口的一顿饭似的。