depression

【发音】

美 /dɪ'prɛʃən/ 英 /dɪ'preʃn/

【翻译】

1. n. 抑郁， 沮丧； 不景气， 萧条； 洼地， 凹陷

   英释:the period during the 1930s when there was not much business activity and not many jobs

【短语】

1. great depression : 大萧条（美国经济大萧条时期）

2. economic depression : [经]经济萧条

3. postpartum depression : 产后忧郁症，产后抑郁

4. clinical depression : [心理学]临床忧郁症

5. tropical depression : 热带低气压；热带气旋

6. freezing point depression : 冰点降低

7. manic depression : 躁郁症，躁狂抑郁状态

8. chronic depression : 慢性萧条；[医]慢性抑郁

9. depression area : 沉降区

10. prosperity and depression : 繁荣与萧条

11. mental depression : 心理抑郁；精神消沈

12. spreading depression : 扩散性抑制

【例句】

1. Mr. Thomas was suffering from depression.

   托马斯先生当时正受抑郁症折磨。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...They were less likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities...

2. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...crying is more commonly associated with minor forms of depression than with major depression involving suicidal thoughts...

3. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...How long would it be before I sank into ill health and depression again...

4. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life...

【单词相关测试】

1. Many people lost their jobs during the business _________. 点击查看答案

   正确答案：D

   解释： business depression： 商业萧条。 句意： 许多人在商业萧条时丢了工作。 desperation： 绝望； decrease： 减少； despair： 失望， 令人失望的人(或事)。

   A. desperationB. decreaseC. despairD. depression

【同、近义词】

1. n.沮丧；[地理]洼地；[经]不景气；忧愁

   recession/disappointment/

【同根词】

1. adj

   depressed : 沮丧的；萧条的；压低的

   depressing : 压抑的；使人沮丧的

   depressive : 抑郁的；压抑的

   depressible : 可抑压的

2. v

   depressed : 使沮丧；使萧条（depress的过去式和过去分词形式）；压低

3. vt

   depress : 压低；使沮丧；使萧条