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 poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports
  业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
• Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
  分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。
• They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession
  当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
• How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it?
  我们是怎样陷入这次经济衰退的，又该做些什么才能从中摆脱呢？
• 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。
• British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
  英国商业现在正经历严重的衰退。
• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。