recession

/rɪˈseʃn/ n.
标准词条 CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

经济衰退;不景气

释义与例句

n. 经济衰退;不景气
a period when the economy of a country is doing badly and trade and industrial activity are reduced
  1. Many small businesses closed during the recession.
    许多小企业在经济衰退期间倒闭了。
  2. The government introduced measures to lift the country out of recession.
    政府采取措施使国家摆脱经济衰退。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Economists fear that higher interest rates could trigger a recession.
    经济学家担心更高的利率可能引发经济衰退。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 go into recession 是“陷入衰退”,emerge from recession 是“走出衰退”。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • recessionary 经济衰退的;萧条的
    recessionary 是形容词,用于描述与经济衰退有关的时期、条件或影响。
    Consumers tend to spend less in a recessionary period. 在经济衰退时期,消费者往往会减少支出。
同义词
  • downturn 经济下滑;衰退
    downturn 泛指经济活动下降,程度可轻可重;recession 通常指持续一段时期、较严重的整体经济收缩。
    The tourism industry suffered during the economic downturn. 旅游业在经济下滑期间遭受损失。
反义词
  • boom 繁荣;迅速发展
    boom 指经济活动迅速增长和繁荣,与 recession 相对。
    The construction industry is experiencing a boom. 建筑业正在经历繁荣发展。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • depression 经济萧条;抑郁症
    depression 指比 recession 更严重、更持久的经济萧条,也可指抑郁症。
    The depression caused widespread unemployment in the 1930s. 二十世纪三十年代的经济大萧条造成了大规模失业。
常见搭配
  • economic recession 经济衰退
    The economic recession led to a sharp rise in unemployment. 经济衰退导致失业率急剧上升。
  • go into recession 陷入经济衰退
    The country went into recession after exports collapsed. 出口骤降后,这个国家陷入了经济衰退。
  • emerge from recession 摆脱经济衰退
    The economy is slowly emerging from recession. 经济正在缓慢走出衰退。