Depression

[dɪ'preʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'prɛʃən]

解释:

(noun.) pushing down; 'depression of the space bar on the typewriter'.

(noun.) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

(noun.) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

(noun.) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; 'he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud'.

(noun.) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity.

(noun.) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.

(noun.) a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment.

胡安编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of depressing.

(n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

(n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

(n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

(n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.

(n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

(n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

(n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

(n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

编辑:帕特里克

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Abasement, degradation, deterioration, debasement, perversion, vitiation, depravation.[2]. Hollow, hollowness, cavity, indentation, dent, dint, dimple, excavation, pit.[3]. Dejection, dejectedness, sadness, despondency, melancholy, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits, low spirits, depression of spirits.[4]. Lowness, dulness, inactivity.[5]. (Surg.) Couching.

编辑:普鲁登斯

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Lowering, degradation, debasement, dejection, discouragement, hollow, valley,dip

ANT:Raising, elevation, exaltation, promotion, preferment, amelioration,encouragement, rallying, rising, eminence, mound, prominence

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