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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

recession

英  [rɪˈseʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • recessions

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 经济衰退 , 萧条

    A recession is a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed.

    近义词

    depression , slump

    反义词

    boom

    双语例句

    例：

    The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.

    石油价格的上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。

    例：

    The recession caused sales to drop off.

    经济萧条使销售额下降了。

    例：

    We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession.

    我们应该致力于大幅削减利率以摆脱经济萧条。

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