depression
Từ điển Collocation
depression noun
1 unhappiness/mental illness
ADJ. black, deep, serious, severe | acute, chronic | mild | clinical | manic | post-natal
QUANT. bout, fit, period The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression. In a fit of depression, she threw away all her favourite books. A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
VERB + DEPRESSION develop, fall into, go into, succumb to She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room. | experience, have, suffer (from) She was diagnosed as having clinical depression. | be treated for His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression. | come out of, get over She was gradually coming out of her depression. | cause, lead to Bereavement can often lead to depression. | relieve, treat a new drug used to treat depression
DEPRESSION + VERB deepen | lift Her depression has lifted now.
PREP. in ~ He may have killed himself in depression. | with ~ He's been off work for months with depression.
PHRASES (a) cause for depression These results should not be a cause for depression. | the depths of depression I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results. | feelings of depression, the onset of depression The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event. | a state of depression He was in a state of acute depression. | symptoms of depression, treatment for depression She had been receiving medical treatment for depression. > Special page at ILLNESS
2 period of reduced economic activity
ADJ. great, major, serious, severe | economic The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.
VERB + DEPRESSION be in the grip of, experience | go into The housing market has gone into depression. | face
DEPRESSION + VERB deepen The depression seems to be deepening. | end
PREP. during/in a/the ~ Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.
PHRASES the depths of a depression, a period of depression periods of severe economic depression
3 hollow part in the surface of sth
ADJ. shallow, slight | deep
PREP. ~ in, ~ on From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- 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; slump, economic crisis
- a sunken or depressed geological formation; natural depression
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment; Depression, Great Depression
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; low, low pressure
a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention; depressive disorder, clinical depression
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; impression, imprint
he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- pushing down
depression of the space bar on the typewriter
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
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Period when excess aggregate supply overwhelms aggregate demand, resulting in falling prices, unemployment problems, and economic contraction.
Investopedia Financial Terms
Depression
A severe and prolonged recession characterized by inefficient economic productivity, high unemployment and falling price levels.
Investopedia Says:
In times of depression, consumers' confidence and investments decrease, causing the economy to shut down. The classic example of this occurred in the 1930s, when the Great Depression shook the global economy.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
depressions
ant.: encouragement inspiration