depression

漢語翻譯

詞意辨析：

despair, desperation, depression, disappointment

這些名詞都有“絕望、沮喪”之意。
despair: 普通用詞，指因災難等因素而喪失希望和信心，陷入沮喪，絕望的境地。
desperation: 語氣強烈，指因絕望而使人採取無所顧忌的瘋狂行動。
depression: 側重指因遭受重大失利或挫折而產生的低落情緒。
disappointment: 多指願望或期望的落空。

英文解釋：

名詞 depression:

1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
   同義詞：slump, economic crisis
3. a sunken or depressed geological formation
   同義詞：natural depression
4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
5. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
   同義詞：Great Depression
6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
   同義詞：low, low pressure
7. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
   同義詞：depressive disorder, clinical depression
8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
   同義詞：impression, imprint
9. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
10. pushing down

例句：

1. The threat of an economic depression hangs over the world.
   經濟衰退的威脅籠罩著世界。
2. Her feeling of depression was transient.
   她那抑鬱的心情一會兒就過去了。
3. Many people were idle during the depression.
   在那蕭條時期，很多人都無事可做。
4. During the depression, millions of the unemployed wandered around in the streets.
   經濟蕭條時期，有好幾百萬的失業者在街頭遊蕩。
5. In time of depression, there were no enough jobs.
   蕭條時期，沒有足夠的工作機會。
6. He suffers from acute depression.
   他患有嚴重的抑鬱症。
7. A depression over the Atlantic usually brings bad weather in Britain.
   大西洋上空的低氣壓通常給英國帶來惡劣的天氣。