| 单词 | social recession |
| 释义 | > as lemmassocial recession social recession n. a period of widespread deterioration in quality of life among members of a community, especially due to reduced interactions and weakened social bonds.Formed by analogy with economic recession: see economic recession n. at economic n. and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1930 Binghamton (N.Y.) Press 27 Oct. (City ed.) 5/5 The problems of agriculture of national character are those that portend a social recession of colossal significance. 1960 E. Hobsbawm in Sci. & Society 24 97 It is now commonly admitted that there was, for several decades in the seventeenth century, a period of major economic and social recession. 2020 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 25 Mar. Long-term isolation, it has been argued, can cause a ‘social recession’ akin to the economic problems caused by the pandemic. Such isolation deprives people of the everyday companionship of friends and colleagues that helps to reduce stress, which texting, video calls and telephone conversations can only mitigate. < as lemmas |
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