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1. Oxford Dictionary

   depression

   • IPA[dɪˈprɛʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     feelings of severe despondency and dejection；a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep

   • noun: depression, plural noun: depressions

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. feelings of severe despondency and dejection self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression 同義詞 melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, sorrow, ... 更多woe, gloom, gloominess, dejection, downheartedness, despondency, dispiritedness, low spirits, heavy-heartedness, moroseness, discouragement, despair, desolation, dolefulness, moodiness, pessimism, hopelessness, the slough of despond, upset, tearfulness, informalthe dumps, the doldrums, the blues, one's black dog, a low, the blahs, a funk, a blue funk, informal, datedthe mopes, technicalclinical depression, endogenous depression, reactive depression, postnatal depression, dysthymia, melancholia, literarydolour, archaicthe megrims, raremopery, disconsolateness, disconsolation反義詞 cheerfulness
   • ▪ a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep she was referred by a psychiatrist treating her for depression
   • 2. a long and severe recession in an economy or market the depression in the housing market 同義詞 recession, slump, decline, downturn, slowdown, ... 更多standstill, paralysis, inactivity, stagnation, credit crunch, credit squeeze, hard times, bad times, technicalstagflation反義詞 boom
   • ▪ the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years.
   • 3. the action of lowering something or pressing something down depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin
   • ▪ a sunken place or hollow on a surface the original shallow depressions were slowly converted to creeks 同義詞 hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, ... 更多concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, sinkhole, excavation, trough, crater, valley, basin, bowl, fossa, lacuna反義詞 protuberance
   • 4. a region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions
   • 5. the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.