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

• Little companies are known for their pluck and perseverance, even in the face of a recession.
  小公司的勇气和坚毅是出了名的，即使面对经济衰退也是如此。
• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• 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。
• 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。
• During the last recession, migration to the sunbelt accelerated.
  在上个经济萧条期，人们向美国南部阳光地带移民的速度加快了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。