recession

英 [rɪˈseʃn]

美 [rɪˈseʃn]

n.  经济衰退; 经济萎缩; 退后; 撤回

复数：recessions　

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牛津词典

noun

• 经济衰退；经济萎缩
  a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed
  1. the impact of the current recession on manufacturing
     时下经济萎缩对制造业的影响
  2. The economy is in deep recession .
     经济正处于严重的衰退之中。
  3. policies to pull the country out of recession
     引导国家走出经济萎缩的政策
• 退后；撤回
  the movement backwards of sth from a previous position
  1. the gradual recession of the floodwater
     洪水的渐渐消退

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 经济衰退；经济不景气
  Arecessionis a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed.
  1. The recession caused sales to drop off...
     经济不景气使销量下降。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of becoming more distant
  Synonym:receding
• the act of ceding back
  Synonym:ceding back
• the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
  Synonym:recessional
• a small concavity
  Synonym:recessnichecorner
• the state of the economy declines

双语例句

• Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.
  英国一些20世纪80年代的商界杰出领袖，成为了该国经济衰退中最大的受害者。
• The country had come through the worst of the recession.
  该国已经度过了经济衰退最糟糕的时期。
• The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession
  看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。
• New figures indicate the recession may be easing up.
  新的数据显示经济衰退可能有所缓和。
• The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down
  政府将紧缩经济，使之出现严重衰退，以此迫使通货膨胀率下降。
• The economy is plunging into recession.
  经济正陷入萧条。
• The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy
  经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。
• Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession
  经济未能走出衰退，英镑因此受到了打击。
• The recession caused sales to drop off
  经济不景气使销量下降。
• Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected
  关于经济衰退不会延续很长时间的预测对那些已经受到影响的人来说只是小小的安慰。