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depression

英/dɪpɹˈɛʃən/
美/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/
01n.

不景气, 消沉, 沮丧, 洼地

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity; a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment; sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment