名詞 recession:

1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
2. a small concavity
   同義詞：recess, niche, corner
3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
   同義詞：recessional
4. the act of ceding back
   同義詞：ceding back
5. the act of becoming more distant
   同義詞：receding

1. There is no sign that the recession has bottomed out yet.
   沒有跡象表明蕭條已經(jīng)到了極點。
2. Share prices were buoyed up by hopes of an end to the recession.
   因經(jīng)濟衰退狀況終止有望，股票價格得以保持高位。
3. In the recession, our firm went through a bad time.
   我們公司在經(jīng)濟衰退時期歷盡艱辛。
4. The current economic slump is an earnest of the major recession to come.
   當前的經(jīng)濟滑坡預(yù)示著一次大的衰退即將來臨。
5. Market is recession.
   市場不景氣(不活躍)。
6. Demographers and geographers attribute the slowing largely to the recession, which has hit California particularly hard, leaving its once-robust economy to bring up the rear of the national recovery.
   人口學(xué)家和地理學(xué)家把緩慢的情形都歸咎于不景氣，加州情形尤為嚴重，以致加州一度蓬勃的經(jīng)濟竟然在全國復(fù)蘇中落在各州之后。
7. The recession has caused thousands of bankruptcy.
   經(jīng)濟不景氣造成數(shù)千萬的破產(chǎn)。
8. If we can pull through this recession, we will be in good shape.
   如果我們能渡過這段經(jīng)濟不景氣的時間，我們就會好多了。

re.ces.sion

n.（名詞）
The act of withdrawing or going back.
后退：撤回或退回的行為
An extended decline in general business activity, typically three consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product.
衰退：經(jīng)濟活動普遍而持續(xù)地衰敗，尤指三個連續(xù)季度的社會總產(chǎn)品凈值的下降
The withdrawal in a line or file of participants in a ceremony, especially clerics and choir members after a church service.
退場：在某儀式中一部分參加者一列或一群地退出，尤指做完禮拜后牧師和唱詩班成員退場

來源：
Latin recessiô recessiôn-
拉丁語 recessiô recessiôn-
from recessus [past participle of] recôdere [to recede] * see recede
源自 recessus [] recôdere的過去分詞 [退后] *參見 recede