英语词汇“depression”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

depression

/dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n

noun

1 [mass noun] Feelings of severe despondency and dejection: self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression...

Tiredness might have played its part, but the sense of dejection and depression emanating from the studio clouded the whole broadcast.
We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.
We're staying several steps ahead of gloom, despair, deep dark depression, and excessive misery.

Synonyms

melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness;

the slough of despond;

upset, tearfulness

informal the dumps, the doldrums, the blues, one's black dog, a low

North American informal the blahs, a funk, a blue funk

informal, dated the mopes

technical clinical depression, endogenous depression, reactive depression, postnatal depression, dysthymia, melancholia

literary dolour

archaic the megrims

rare mopery, disconsolateness, disconsolation

1.1 Psychiatry A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep: she was referred by a psychiatrist treating her for depression...

A small number of people suffer from depression so severe that they may need to be admitted to hospital.
Jo took him to a psychologist who prescribed medication for depression.
Seeing a counselor for depression is not something to be ashamed of any more than seeing a physician for a physical ailment.

2A long and severe recession in an economy or market: the depression in the housing market...

They have developed a close relationship between stock market crashes and the economic recessions and depressions that follow them.
According to him, the original estimate did take into account periodic recessions and depressions in the stock market.
Just as the mass extinctions were associated with climatic shifts, depressions and recessions often reflect changing economic conditions.

Synonyms

recession, slump, decline, downturn, slowdown, standstill;

paralysis, inactivity, stagnation, credit crunch, credit squeeze;

hard times, bad times

technical stagflation

2.1 (the Depression or the Great Depression) The financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years.

3 [mass noun] The action of lowering something or pressing something down: depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin...

Slight depression of the clutch stops the tractor's forward motion, while full depression stops the PTO action.
Emergency braking techniques are taught at an early stage of driver training and require rapid and forceful depression of the brake pedal and then the clutch pedal.
The control signal or input for brake release may therefore be generated or relate to accelerator depression, clutch engagement or gear selection.

3.1 [count noun] A sunken place or hollow on a surface: the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks...

The presence of shallow depressions in the ground surface allows time for water to percolate into the soil and reduces the volume and speed of flow across the slope.
The stone includes a depression on its concave surface where the practitioner's finger was inserted in order to assist in applying force.
The images relayed from the probe were not much more exciting - some low hills and surface depressions.

Synonyms

hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater;

valley, basin, bowl;

Anatomy fossa, lacuna

4 Meteorology A region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system: hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions...

Rainfall in the savannah region usually arrives between November and April in heavy bursts from monsoonal depressions or tropical cyclones.
The most significant features of the wet season are thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and rain depressions.
Cyclonic weather with a depression centred over the UK can cause unsettled conditions in both winter and summer.

5 Astronomy & Geography The angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.Angular depressions at the base of siltstone laminae represent casts of halite that was dissolved by lower-salinity waters that introduced silt....

After sunset, as the depression of the sun increases the sky gets darker and darker until no scattered light reaches the observer.
Thus various stages of twilight are defined in terms of the solar depression angle, in degrees.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere 'press down' (see depress).

单词	depression
释义	depression /dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n / noun 1 [mass noun] Feelings of severe despondency and dejection: self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression... Tiredness might have played its part, but the sense of dejection and depression emanating from the studio clouded the whole broadcast. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression. We're staying several steps ahead of gloom, despair, deep dark depression, and excessive misery. Synonyms melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness; the slough of despond; upset, tearfulness informal the dumps, the doldrums, the blues, one's black dog, a low North American informal the blahs, a funk, a blue funk informal, dated the mopes technical clinical depression, endogenous depression, reactive depression, postnatal depression, dysthymia, melancholia literary dolour archaic the megrims rare mopery, disconsolateness, disconsolation 1.1 Psychiatry A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep: she was referred by a psychiatrist treating her for depression... A small number of people suffer from depression so severe that they may need to be admitted to hospital. Jo took him to a psychologist who prescribed medication for depression. Seeing a counselor for depression is not something to be ashamed of any more than seeing a physician for a physical ailment. 2A long and severe recession in an economy or market: the depression in the housing market... They have developed a close relationship between stock market crashes and the economic recessions and depressions that follow them. According to him, the original estimate did take into account periodic recessions and depressions in the stock market. Just as the mass extinctions were associated with climatic shifts, depressions and recessions often reflect changing economic conditions. Synonyms recession, slump, decline, downturn, slowdown, standstill; paralysis, inactivity, stagnation, credit crunch, credit squeeze; hard times, bad times technical stagflation 2.1 (the Depression or the Great Depression) The financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years. 3 [mass noun] The action of lowering something or pressing something down: depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin... Slight depression of the clutch stops the tractor's forward motion, while full depression stops the PTO action. Emergency braking techniques are taught at an early stage of driver training and require rapid and forceful depression of the brake pedal and then the clutch pedal. The control signal or input for brake release may therefore be generated or relate to accelerator depression, clutch engagement or gear selection. 3.1 [count noun] A sunken place or hollow on a surface: the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks... The presence of shallow depressions in the ground surface allows time for water to percolate into the soil and reduces the volume and speed of flow across the slope. The stone includes a depression on its concave surface where the practitioner's finger was inserted in order to assist in applying force. The images relayed from the probe were not much more exciting - some low hills and surface depressions. Synonyms hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater; valley, basin, bowl; Anatomy fossa, lacuna 4 Meteorology A region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system: hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions... Rainfall in the savannah region usually arrives between November and April in heavy bursts from monsoonal depressions or tropical cyclones. The most significant features of the wet season are thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and rain depressions. Cyclonic weather with a depression centred over the UK can cause unsettled conditions in both winter and summer. 5 Astronomy & Geography The angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.Angular depressions at the base of siltstone laminae represent casts of halite that was dissolved by lower-salinity waters that introduced silt.... After sunset, as the depression of the sun increases the sky gets darker and darker until no scattered light reaches the observer. Thus various stages of twilight are defined in terms of the solar depression angle, in degrees. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere 'press down' (see depress).
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