| 正面 | 3603.recession 英 [rɪ'seʃ(ə)n]美 [rɪ'sɛʃən]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. cry + st- (street) + -al (all) => 在大街上哭，眼泪掉到地上都变成了水晶。2. crystal 可立视透 （可以立马看透） = 水晶。n. 衰退；不景气；后退；凹处 例句： 1. Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（经济衰退）。 recession 经济衰退来自 recess,后退，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义经济衰退。 recession (n.)1640s, "act of receding, a going back," from French récession "a going backward, a withdrawing," and directly from Latin recessionem (nominative recessio) "a going back," noun of action from past participle stem of recedere (see recede). Sense of "temporary decline in economic activity," 1929, noun of action from recess (q.v.): The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity -- even if we have to face an immediate recession of some magnitude -- to be long delayed. ["Economist," Nov. 2, 1929]Ayto notes, "There was more than a hint of euphemism in the coining of this term."" |