recession
英 [rɪ'seʃ(ə)n]
美[rɪ'sɛʃən]
- n. 衰退；不景气；后退；凹处
英英释意
- 1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
- 2. a small concavity
- 3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- 4. the act of ceding back
- 5. the act of becoming more distant