recession

英 [rɪˈseʃn]

美 [rɪˈseʃn]

n.  经济衰退; 经济萎缩; 退后; 撤回

复数：recessions　

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牛津词典

noun

• 经济衰退；经济萎缩
  a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed
  1. the impact of the current recession on manufacturing
     时下经济萎缩对制造业的影响
  2. The economy is in deep recession .
     经济正处于严重的衰退之中。
  3. policies to pull the country out of recession
     引导国家走出经济萎缩的政策
• 退后；撤回
  the movement backwards of sth from a previous position
  1. the gradual recession of the floodwater
     洪水的渐渐消退

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 经济衰退；经济不景气
  Arecessionis a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed.
  1. The recession caused sales to drop off...
     经济不景气使销量下降。
  2. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession...
     我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
  3. The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.
     油价上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。

英英释义

noun

• the act of becoming more distant
  Synonym:receding
• the act of ceding back
  Synonym:ceding back
• the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
  Synonym:recessional
• a small concavity
  Synonym:recessnichecorner
• the state of the economy declines

双语例句

• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars
  日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
• The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports
  业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
• The country had come through the worst of the recession.
  该国已经度过了经济衰退最糟糕的时期。
• The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down
  政府将紧缩经济，使之出现严重衰退，以此迫使通货膨胀率下降。
• The only way to purge the economy of this new burst of inflation is a short, sharp recession.
  要消除新爆发的这次通货膨胀，唯一的方法是让经济短期内急剧衰退。
• We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
  在此经济萧条时期，我们容许增加消费和借贷。
• Never before has the industry had to cope with war and recession at the same time
  这个行业以前从未有过必须同时应付战争和萧条的经历。
• How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it?
  我们是怎样陷入这次经济衰退的，又该做些什么才能从中摆脱呢？
• Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere
  企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。