recession ♦︎ depression ♦︎ slump ♦︎ slowdown ♦︎ troughThese are all words for a difficult period of time for business or the economy.这些词均表示生意或经济不景气、萧条。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达不景气的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in recession / a depression / a slump / a trough◆a major / serious / severe recession / depression / slump◆an economic recession / depression / slump / slowdown◆a worldwide recession / depression / slump / slowdown◆to cause a recession / slump / slowdown◆to go into recession / depression■recession rɪˈseʃn [countable, uncountable] a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed经济衰退;经济萎缩◆How do you assess the impact of the current recession on manufacturing?你如何评价时下经济萎缩对制造业的影响?◆We need active policies to pull the country out of recession.我们需要积极的政策来引导国家走出经济萎缩。◆These industries have been hit hard by the recession.这些行业受到经济衰退的严重冲击。■depression dɪˈpreʃn [countable, uncountable] a difficult time for a country when there is little economic activity and many people are unemployed and poor萧条期;经济衰退;不景气◆The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.当时国家正陷入经济萧条。◆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。▸depressed
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◆They have made little attempt to bring jobs to economically depressed areas.在为经济萧条地区创造就业机会方面他们几乎没有作过什么努力。■slump [countable] (especially journalism尤用于新闻orbusiness商业) a period when a country's economy or a business is doing badly萧条期;衰退◆Housing sales are finally coming out of a three-month slump.房屋销售终于走出了连续三个月的萧条期。◆The toy industry is in a slump.现在玩具业不景气。OPPboom ⇨ do well see also slump ⇨ reduction■slowdownˈsləʊdaʊn; NAmEˈsloʊdaʊn [countable] (especially business尤用于商业) a reduction in speed or activity, especially in business or the economy(尤指企业或经济的发展)减速,减缓◆There has been a slowdown in economic growth in recent months.最近几个月经济增长减缓。■troughtrɒf; NAmEtrɔːf [countable] (especially business尤用于商业) a period of time when the level of sth is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing低谷;(企业或经济的)低潮,萧条阶段◆There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.长期以来失业率一直时起时伏。OPPpeak ⇨ peakNOTE辨析 Which word?A slowdown is the least serious of these and a depression is the most serious. A slowdown, slump or trough might affect the economy of a country generally, or just one particular business or industry; it usually lasts a period of months and is sometimes regarded as part of the normal business cycle. A recession affects a whole industry or a country's whole economy, and it can last for years. It is not usually regarded as part of the normal business cycle. However, a recession is still considered chiefly in terms of its effects on business and the economy; depression is used especially when you are considering the effect of recession on the lives of ordinary people, especially the difficult situation caused by poverty and unemployment when this affects a very large number of people. The Great Depression was the worldwide economic depression that followed the American stock market crash in 1929.这些词中,slowdown的程度最轻,而depression最为严重。slowdown、slump或trough可能影响一个国家的整体经济状况,或仅影响某个企业或行业,通常会持续几个月的时间,有时被视为正常商业周期的一部分。recession影响的是整个行业或一国的整体经济,可持续数年,通常不被视为正常商业周期的一部分。不过,recession的影响仍被认为主要在商业和经济方面;depression的影响主要在百姓生活方面,尤指波及面很广,贫困和失业使得很多人生活艰难。the Great Depression指1929年美国股市暴跌后全球性的经济大萧条。
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