depression
英 [dɪ'preʃ(ə)n]
美[dɪ'prɛʃən]
- n. 沮丧；洼地；不景气；忧愁
英英释意
- 1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- 2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- 3. a sunken or depressed geological formation
- 4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- 5. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
- "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
- 6. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- 7. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
- "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
- 8. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- 9. pushing down;
- "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"