depression什么意思、怎么读？单词用法、记忆法、发音音标、反义词辨析、词语翻译、例句造句

depression 音标：[di'preʃən]

n. 不景气, 消沉, 沮丧, 洼地【医】抑郁[症], 阻抑, 压低, 凹, 窝, 衰退, 俯角【经】不景气, 营业萧条

◆记忆方法一：
词根词缀记忆法：depression n 沮丧；萧条（depress+ion）,Press= press, 表示“挤压”

Trade depression was consequent on economic crisis.

经济危机引起了贸易萧条。

1. The manic-depressive has alternating moods of black depression and wild, uncontrollable exaltation or excitability.

1、癫狂抑郁症患者。这种病人一会儿绝望到顶，一会儿极度兴奋或者控制不住的狂喜。

We had a depression 80 years ago.

80年前我们就有一场大萧条。

※It's arecession when your neighbour loses his job; It's a depression when you lose your own.—— (Trueman Harry S) 邻居失业，意味着经济萧条；自己失业，意味着意志消沉。（杜鲁门 H*S）