the Great Recession

基本解释

I never liked the term "The Great Recession," because this is not an ordinary recession, not even a great one.
“大衰退”這個術語我曏來是不喜歡的，這不是一個普通的衰退，更不是史無前例的一個。
THE devastation wrought by the great recession is still all too real for millions of Americans who lost their jobs, businesses and homes.
對於那些失去工作、企業和住房的數百萬美國人來說，這次大衰退造成的破壞再真實不過了。
Of course the level of stock prices have remained far below 2007 peaks, as the Great Recession we have entered is bad enough, even if we avoided outright depression.
儅然，股票價格水平仍然遠遠低於2007年高峰時的股價水平，因爲我們已進入了足夠糟糕的大衰退中，即使我們避免了徹底蕭條。

The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men.
But then the U.S. crashed into a huge well actually it was as worldwide recession of 1981-2.This was the biggest recession since The Great Depression.
但是之後，美國卷進了一個巨大的,事實上，是個世界範圍內的經濟衰退,於1981-1982年，這是自從大蕭條以來,最嚴重的一次經濟衰退。
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Jennifer Neiman (NY-man) and her sister Susan Woodhouse opened the bakery about a year ago, right in the middle of the Great Recession.

In 2007, prior to the Great Recession, the black teen unemployment rate was about 29 percent.
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