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

• Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession
  经济未能走出衰退，英镑因此受到了打击。
• Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.
  英国一些20世纪80年代的商界杰出领袖，成为了该国经济衰退中最大的受害者。
• I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession.
  我不否认经济衰退的事实。
• Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars
  日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
• New figures indicate the recession may be easing up.
  新的数据显示经济衰退可能有所缓和。
• 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。
• 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。
• During the last recession, migration to the sunbelt accelerated.
  在上个经济萧条期，人们向美国南部阳光地带移民的速度加快了。
• The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession
  看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。
• British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
  英国商业现在正经历严重的衰退。