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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. 抑郁症；精神忧郁 She was diagnosed as having clinical depression. 她被诊断患有临床抑郁症。 She suffered from severe depression after losing her job. 她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2Bereavement can often lead to depression. 丧失亲人常会引发抑郁症。 Depression affects a surprising number of people. 受抑郁症困扰者人数惊人。 He may have killed himself in depression. 他可能是在抑郁的状态中自杀的。 He was in a state of acute depression. 他急性抑郁症正在发作。 He's been off work for months with depression. 他患有抑郁症，已经几个月没有工作了。 Her depression has lifted now. 她的抑郁症现在痊愈了。 His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression. 妻子离开了他，他正接受抑郁症治疗。 She had been receiving medical treatment for depression. 她一直在接受抑郁症治疗。 She was gradually coming out of her depression. 她正逐渐从抑郁症中恢复过来。 The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression. 那位演员说他经常出现抑郁情绪。 The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event. 抑郁症发作常常是在造成心理创伤的事件之后。 a new drug used to treat depression 用于治疗抑郁症的新药
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
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- 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 抑郁；沮丧；消沉 There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced. 裁员消息宣布时办公室里一片忧郁和沮丧的气氛。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2These results should not be a cause for depression. 这些结果不应成为沮丧的理由。 Her mood swung from the depths of depression to coping well. 她的情绪一时极度低落，一时又风平浪静。 It is easy to slip into a mood of depression. 很容易陷入沮丧的情绪。 moments of deep depression 深感沮丧的时刻 She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room. 她变得极度抑郁，拒绝离开自己的房间。 I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results. 拿到考试结果我沮丧极了。 In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books. 她一时抑郁，扔掉了自己所有的书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- severe
- black
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- bout
- fit
- period
- …
- 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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a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs 萧条期；（经济）衰退；不景气 The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression. 当时国家处于经济萧条期。 the great Depression of the 1930s 20 世纪 30 年代的经济大萧条 He grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 他成长于20世纪30年代的经济大萧条时期。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1, Social issuesc1Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s. 20 世纪 30 年代的大萧条时期有很多人失业。 The country is experiencing a severe economic depression. 该国正在经历严重的经济萧条。 periods of severe economic depression 数个经济大萧条时期 The housing market has gone into depression. 住房市场陷入了萧条期。 The depression seems to be deepening. 萧条状况看来正在加剧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
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- experience
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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 洼地；凹地；坑 Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground. 雨水积在地上的浅坑里。 From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface. 从空中鸟瞰的照片显示行星表面有一处浅浅的凹陷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- shallow
- slight
- small
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- depression in
- depression on
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a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain 低气压；气压降低 an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic 从大西洋向东移动的大气低压
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere ‘press down’.