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depression
- IPA[dɪˈprɛʃn]
英式
- 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
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. feelings of severe despondency and dejection self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ 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 反義詞
- ▪ 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 反義詞
- 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.