depression

柯林斯词典

1. N-VAR Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant. 抑郁
Mr. Thomas was suffering from depression. 托马斯先生当时正受抑郁症折磨。
2. N-COUNT A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty. 萧条期
He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 他从未忘记20世纪30年代经济大萧条时期他所目睹的艰辛。
3. N-COUNT A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it. 洼地
...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions. …一个到处都是积满雨水的洼坑的地带。
4. N-COUNT A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain. 低气压
To the northwest lies a depression with clouds and rain. 西北方向有一个云雨密布的低气压。

His wife's been hospitalized for depression.
Every day she sinks further and further into depression.
The drugs , the divorce and the depression - it's an episode in his life that he wants to forget .
Don't let feelings of depression swamp you.
Withdrawal is a classic symptom of depression.