[N-VAR 可变名词]经济衰退；经济不景气 A recession is a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed.
The recession caused sales to drop off...
经济不景气使销量下降。
We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession...
我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.
油价上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。
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re·ces·sion/rɪˈseʃn; NAmErɪˈseʃn/noun1[countable , uncountable ]a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed 经济衰退；经济萎缩◆the impact of the current recession on manufacturing时下经济萎缩对制造业的影响◆The economy is indeep recession.经济正处于严重的衰退之中。◆policies to pull the country out of recession引导国家走出经济萎缩的政策☞collocationsat
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2[uncountable ]( formal) the movement backwards of sth from a previous position 退后；撤回◆the gradual recession of the floodwater洪水的渐渐消退recessionrecessionsre·ces·sion/rɪˈseʃn; NAmErɪˈseʃn/
a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual: the economic recession of the early 1980s There is deep recession in the UK.into/out of recession attempts to pull the country out of recessionCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesan economic recession· The economic recession of the '70s led to a fall in recruitment.a world/global/worldwide recession· America’s airlines have been badly hit by the world recession.a deep/severe recession· We are in the middle of a severe recession.the worst recession· Colombia is going through its worst recession in decades.the longest recession· The British economy was in its longest recession since the Second World War.verbssuffer/experience a recession· The country was suffering a deep recession.slide/slip into recession (=start to experience a recession)· Most analysts don’t believe the economy will slide into recession.plunge into recession (=start to experience a deep recession)· The US is about to plunge into recession.be hit by a recession (=be badly affected by it)· Rural areas have been hardest hit by the recession.cause recession· Rising oil prices help to fuel inflation and cause recession.a recession deepens (=becomes worse)· Economists fear the recession may be deepening.phrasesthe beginning/end of the recession· The Chancellor is confident that we shall see the end of the recession in the next few months.be in the middle/midst of a recession· We are in the midst of a world recession.be in the depths of recession (=be at its worst level)· The country is in the depths of recession.THESAURUSrecession a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade: · The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.· fears that the economy may be sliding into recessiondepression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs: · During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs: · The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession: · High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing: · Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems: · The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy.
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n.衰退；不景气；后退；凹处
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