单词 | depression |
释义 | depression (dɪpreʃən ) Word forms: depressions 1. variable noun B2 Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant. Mr Thomas was suffering from depression. I slid into a depression and became morbidly fascinated with death. Synonyms: despair, misery, sadness, the dumps [informal] 2. countable noun B2 A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty. He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s. [+ of] Synonyms: recession, slump, economic decline, credit crunch 3. countable noun A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it. ...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions. Synonyms: hollow, pit, dip, bowl 4. countable noun A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain. Collocations: depression era Located in a northern town of factories, furnaces, smoke and chimneys, it seems to be set in the depression era. Times, Sunday Times One verse mentions private property and the other refers to a depression era relief office. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the great depression era, meat was scarce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also serves as a period disc jockey for the station, filling the airwaves with music from the 1930s depression era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was during the depression era so his family faced financial hardships that befell many families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All of which may be academic should the world sink into serious economic depression. Times, Sunday Times As a result, the nightmare of a deep and prolonged economic depression will remain just that - an imaginary horror, rather than a realistic prospect. Times, Sunday Times An economic depression in 1873 had turned the nation’s attention to financial matters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The early 1930s are synonymous with economic depression. Times, Sunday Times His books center around the main thesis that financial capitalism breeds excessive inequality and political corruption which inevitably succumbs to financial crisis and economic depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's linked to eating disorders, major depression, and low self-esteem. Christianity Today Experts were able to refine a test so that measuring levels of only three was sufficient to diagnose major depression. Times, Sunday Times Past studies showed 70 per cent of those with major depression experience anhedonia - a loss of pleasure or motivation. The Sun Men with major depression manifested significantly decreased ability to read nonverbal cues when compared with euthymic men. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These included bipolar, major depression, anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new shallow depression has been built into the left of the green. Times, Sunday Times The position of a ball when it lies in a cup or shallow depression. Times, Sunday Times He noted the presence of other social disorders in his subjects: dysthymia (a chronic, free-floating but shallow depression, and lack of energy and enthusiasm for life) and anxiety disorders. Times, Sunday Times Inflorescences form in a shallow depression the center of the plant, which often fills partway with water, through which the flowers bloom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A shallow depression in the centre of the cupel was made with a rounded pestle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Elsewhere, the situation looks bleak, with a slight depression moving in later. Times, Sunday Times Pipe or spread the topping on to the cakes, leaving a slight depression in the middle. The Sun If covered with fleece, have the sown area in a slight depression so the seedlings come through well before their leaves have to lift the fleece. The Sun Make a slight depression in the centre. The Sun Convex to obtusely campanulate with an incurved margin at first, rarely becoming plane, and often are umbonate or with a slight depression in the center. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For treatment of depression or anxiety disorders, activities of moderate intensity such as brisk walking are more successful than anything too vigorous. The Sun They have a long history of use as medications prescribed for the treatment of depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was explored in the treatment of depression, but was shown not to be effective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been shown to be effective in the treatment of depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His first meta-analysis was aimed at assessing the size of the placebo effect in the treatment of depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A more certain recipe for worldwide depression and even global warfare would be hard to devise. Times, Sunday Times As a worldwide depression developed after 1928, gold production increased. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The movement dwindled during the worldwide depression of the 1930s, as the market for luxury goods evaporated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1893, a yellow fever epidemic compounded the troubles brought by worldwide depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He and the party unsuccessfully called for unity at the time of the worldwide depression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 抑郁 Japanese: 憂鬱 |
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