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

• British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
  英国商业现在正经历严重的衰退。
• 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？
• 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。
• The company has weathered the recession
  这家公司从经济萧条中挺了过来。
• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.
  全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down
  政府将紧缩经济，使之出现严重衰退，以此迫使通货膨胀率下降。
• The recession caused sales to drop off
  经济不景气使销量下降。
• 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。