depression
noun /dɪˈpreʃn/
/dɪˈpreʃn/
- [uncountable] a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc.
抑郁症；精神忧郁 - She was diagnosed as having clinical depression.
她被诊断患有临床抑郁症。 - She suffered from severe depression after losing her job.
她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
Wordfindersee also postnatal depression, post-partum depression- anorexia
- autism
- bipolar disorder
- condition
- dementia
- depression
- paranoia
- psychosis
- schizophrenia
Topics Illnessb2- Bereavement can often lead to depression.
丧失亲人常会引发抑郁症。 - Depression affects a surprising number of people.
受抑郁症困扰者人数惊人。 - He may have killed himself in depression.
他可能是在抑郁的状态中自杀的。 - He was in a state of acute depression.
他急性抑郁症正在发作。 - He's been off work for months with depression.
他患有抑郁症，已经几个月没有工作了。 - Her depression has lifted now.
她的抑郁症现在痊愈了。 - His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression.
妻子离开了他，他正接受抑郁症治疗。 - She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
她一直在接受抑郁症治疗。 - She was gradually coming out of her depression.
她正逐渐从抑郁症中恢复过来。 - The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression.
那位演员说他经常出现抑郁情绪。 - The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
抑郁症发作常常是在造成心理创伤的事件之后。 - a new drug used to treat depression
用于治疗抑郁症的新药
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
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- develop
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- affect somebody
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- in depression
- with depression
- the depths of depression
- feelings of depression
- the onset of depression
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- She was diagnosed as having clinical depression.
- [uncountable, countable] the state of feeling very sad and without hope
抑郁；沮丧；消沉 - There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.
裁员消息宣布时办公室里一片忧郁和沮丧的气氛。
Topics Feelingsb2- These results should not be a cause for depression.
这些结果不应成为沮丧的理由。 - Her mood swung from the depths of depression to coping well.
她的情绪一时极度低落，一时又风平浪静。 - It is easy to slip into a mood of depression.
很容易陷入沮丧的情绪。 - moments of deep depression
深感沮丧的时刻 - She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room.
她变得极度抑郁，拒绝离开自己的房间。 - I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results.
拿到考试结果我沮丧极了。 - In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books.
她一时抑郁，扔掉了自己所有的书。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- severe
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- bout
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- develop
- fall into
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- deepen
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- affect somebody
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- in depression
- with depression
- the depths of depression
- feelings of depression
- the onset of depression
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- There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.
- [countable, uncountable] a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs
萧条期；（经济）衰退；不景气 - The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.
当时国家处于经济萧条期。 - the great Depression of the 1930s
20 世纪 30 年代的经济大萧条 - He grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
他成长于20世纪30年代的经济大萧条时期。
Topics Moneyc1, Social issuesc1- Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.
20 世纪 30 年代的大萧条时期有很多人失业。 - The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.
该国正在经历严重的经济萧条。 - periods of severe economic depression
数个经济大萧条时期 - The housing market has gone into depression.
住房市场陷入了萧条期。 - The depression seems to be deepening.
萧条状况看来正在加剧。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
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- be in the grip of
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- during a/the depression
- in a/the depression
- the depths of a depression
- a period of depression
- The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.
- [countable] (formal) a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it
洼地；凹地；坑 - Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.
雨水积在地上的浅坑里。 - From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.
从空中鸟瞰的照片显示行星表面有一处浅浅的凹陷。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shallow
- slight
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- depression in
- depression on
- Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.
- [countable] (specialist) a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain
低气压；气压降低 - an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic
从大西洋向东移动的大气低压
- an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic
词源late Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere ‘press down’.