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a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc. 抑鬱症；精神憂鬱 She was diagnosed as having clinical depression. 她被診斷患有臨床抑鬱症。 She suffered from severe depression after losing her job. 她失業後患了嚴重的抑鬱症。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2Bereavement can often lead to depression. 喪失親人常會引發抑鬱症。 Depression affects a surprising number of people. 受抑鬱症困擾者人數驚人。 He may have killed himself in depression. 他可能是在抑鬱的狀態中自殺的。 He was in a state of acute depression. 他急性抑鬱症正在發作。 He's been off work for months with depression. 他患有抑鬱症，已經幾個月沒有工作了。 Her depression has lifted now. 她的抑鬱症現在痊愈了。 His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression. 妻子離開了他，他正接受抑鬱症治療。 She had been receiving medical treatment for depression. 她一直在接受抑鬱症治療。 She was gradually coming out of her depression. 她正逐漸從抑鬱症中恢複過來。 The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression. 那位演員說他經常出現抑鬱情緒。 The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event. 抑鬱症發作常常是在造成心理創傷的事件之後。 a new drug used to treat depression 用於治療抑鬱症的新藥
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- severe
- black
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- bout
- fit
- period
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- develop
- fall into
- go into
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- deepen
- lift
- affect somebody
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- in depression
- with depression
- the depths of depression
- feelings of depression
- the onset of depression
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the state of feeling very sad and without hope 抑鬱；沮喪；消沉 There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced. 裁員消息宣布時辦公室裏一片憂鬱和沮喪的氣氛。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2These results should not be a cause for depression. 這些結果不應成爲沮喪的理由。 Her mood swung from the depths of depression to coping well. 她的情緒一時極度低落，一時又風平浪靜。 It is easy to slip into a mood of depression. 很容易陷入沮喪的情緒。 moments of deep depression 深感沮喪的時刻 She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room. 她變得極度抑鬱，拒絕離開自己的房間。 I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results. 拿到考試結果我沮喪極了。 In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books. 她一時抑鬱，扔掉了自己所有的書。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- severe
- black
- …
- bout
- fit
- period
- …
- develop
- fall into
- go into
- …
- deepen
- lift
- affect somebody
- …
- in depression
- with depression
- the depths of depression
- feelings of depression
- the onset of depression
- …
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a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs 蕭條期；（經濟）衰退；不景氣 The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression. 當時國家處於經濟蕭條期。 the great Depression of the 1930s 20 世紀 30 年代的經濟大蕭條 He grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 他成長於20世紀30年代的經濟大蕭條時期。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1, Social issuesc1Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s. 20 世紀 30 年代的大蕭條時期有很多人失業。 The country is experiencing a severe economic depression. 該國正在經歷嚴重的經濟蕭條。 periods of severe economic depression 數個經濟大蕭條時期 The housing market has gone into depression. 住房市場陷入了蕭條期。 The depression seems to be deepening. 蕭條狀況看來正在加劇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- serious
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- be in the grip of
- experience
- go into
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- deepen
- during a/the depression
- in a/the depression
- the depths of a depression
- a period of depression
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a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it 窪地；凹地；坑 Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground. 雨水積在地上的淺坑裏。 From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface. 從空中鳥瞰的照片顯示行星表面有一處淺淺的凹陷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shallow
- slight
- small
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- depression in
- depression on
- [countable] (specialist)
a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain 低氣壓；氣壓降低 an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic 從大西洋向東移動的大氣低壓
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere ‘press down’.