| 单词 | depression |
| 释义 | depression (once / 760 pages) n The act of pressing down on something is called making a depression, and when people suffer from psychological depression that is often what it feels like — the world itself is pressing down on them. Depression can be a persistent mood (rotten), an economic situation (the worst), or just the geography (low). The Great Depression was when poor policy and economic circumstances combined to create a long period of time everyone struggled to even get food on the table. WORD FAMILYdepression: depressions+/antidepressant: antidepressants/depress: depressant, depressed, depresses, depressing, depression, depressive, depressor/depressant: antidepressant, depressants/depressed: depressedly/depressing: depressingly/depressive: depressives/depressor: depressors USAGE EXAMPLESThat is the substance, in many cases, of depression. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) FDR’s confidence deserted him as the economy lost a breathtaking four million jobs, leaving Roosevelt’s team to bemoan the “depression within a depression.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “For most patients,” said Dukakis’ psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Welch, “depression is a chronic and recurring illness that requires good lifetime management.” Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a sunken or depressed geological formation Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper natural depression elevation, natural elevation a raised or elevated geological formation Nemea a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held Lowlands of Scotlandthe southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous Aristarchusa bright crater on the Moon Atacama Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile Bougainville Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Cataract Canyona tributary of the Grand Canyon Copernicusa conspicuous crater on the Moon Grand Canyonthe enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona Great Rift Valley( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults Japan Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet Loire Valleythe valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated Nares Deepa depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico Olduvai Gorgea gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains San Fernando Valleya fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities San Joaquin Valleya vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland Shenandoah Valleya large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War basin a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it bed, bottoma depression forming the ground under a body of water cratera bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb hole, hollowa depression hollowed out of solid matter lowlandlow level country sink, sinkhole, swallow holea depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof deep, oceanic abyss, trencha long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor trougha narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) vale, valleya long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river burrow, tunnela hole made by an animal, usually for shelter cirque, corrie, cwma steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake collectora crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth dalean open river valley (in a hilly area) glena narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) gopher holea hole in the ground made by gophers gullydeep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) holler, hollowa small valley between mountains kettle, kettle hole(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits lake bed, lake bottomthe bottom of a lake landfilla low area that has been filled in lunar cratera crater on the Earth's Moon nullaha ravine or gully in southern Asia Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabedthe bottom of a sea or ocean cavity, pita sizeable hole (usually in the ground) chuckhole, potholea pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) rabbit burrow, rabbit holea hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits ravinea deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) rift valleya valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust river bottom, riverbeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river saltpana shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake creek bed, streambeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream swalea low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) tidal basina basin that is full of water at high tide wormholehole made by a burrowing worm formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth 2n a concavity in a surface produced by pressing Syn|Hypo|Hyper impression, imprint dimple a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin channel, groovea long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimpleany slight depression in a surface dipa depression in an otherwise level surface dent, incision, prick, scratch, slita depression scratched or carved into a surface droop, saga shape that sags crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinklea slight depression in the smoothness of a surface chap, crack, cranny, crevice, fissurea long narrow depression in a surface dadoa rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it flute, flutinga groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) quirka narrow groove beside a beading rabbet, rebatea rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together tracka groove on a phonograph recording ruta groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) score, scotcha slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh linea wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphicthe lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown linea facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of lifea crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal linea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of Saturn, line of destiny, line of fatea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be stria, striationany of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue washoutthe channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 3n pushing down depression of the space bar on the typewriter Hypo|Hyper click, mouse click depression of a button on a computer mouse push, pushing the act of applying force in order to move something away 4n angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Hyper angular position relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established 5n an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation Syn|Hyper low air mass a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally 6n a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity Ant|Hypo|Hyper elation an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression melancholia extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors, vapoursa state of depression blue funk, funka state of nervous depression melancholya constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed slough of despond(formal) extreme depression low spiritsa state of mild depression dejectiona state of melancholy depression dumps, mopesan informal expression for a mildly depressed state mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic 7n sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy Hypo|Hyper demoralisation, demoralization depression resulting from an undermining of your morale helplessnessa feeling of being unable to manage despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, heartsicknessfeeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless oppression, oppressivenessa feeling of being oppressed dysphoriaabnormal depression and discontent weightan oppressive feeling of heavy force sadness, unhappiness emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being 8n a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention Syn|Hypo|Hyper clinical depression, depressive disorder agitated depression a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness anaclitic depressionsevere and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute dysthymia, dysthymic depressionmild chronic depression endogenous depressiona state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause exogenous depression, reactive depressionan inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief) major depressive episode(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction neurotic depressiona term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic psychotic depressiona state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments retarded depressiona state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action involutional depressiona major depressive episode associated with the climacteric unipolar depressiona major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant 9n a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment Syn|Exp|Hyper economic crisis, slump Great Depression the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s crisis an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty economic conditionthe condition of the economy Depression (once / 3744 pages) n WORD FAMILY Depression: Depressions USAGE EXAMPLESIn the waning years of the Depression, the school was a job creator and bright spot in the metro Kansas City area. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The city’s transportation board first envisioned a Second Avenue subway in 1929, but the stock market crash and the Great Depression derailed the plan. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) They “back tested” risk parity over periods such as the Great Depression and the postwar bond-bear market with similar results. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) n a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment Syn|Exp Great Depression age, historic period an era of history having some distinctive feature |
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