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

• The only way to purge the economy of this new burst of inflation is a short, sharp recession.
  要消除新爆发的这次通货膨胀，唯一的方法是让经济短期内急剧衰退。
• British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
  英国商业现在正经历严重的衰退。
• We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
  在此经济萧条时期，我们容许增加消费和借贷。
• Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere
  企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
• 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。
• Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars
  日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
• These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession
  这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。
• What we want to see today are policies to pull us out of this recession.
  目前我们想看到的是能使我们走出这次经济衰退的政策。
• 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 recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy
  经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。