recession

noun

1. 经济衰退；经济萎缩
   a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed
   1. the impact of the current recession on manufacturing
      时下经济萎缩对制造业的影响
   2. The economy is in deep recession .
      经济正处于严重的衰退之中。
   3. policies to pull the country out of recession
      引导国家走出经济萎缩的政策
2. 退后；撤回
   the movement backwards of sth from a previous position
   1. the gradual recession of the floodwater
      洪水的渐渐消退

1. N-VAR 经济衰退；经济不景气
   A recession is a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed.
   1. The recession caused sales to drop off...
      经济不景气使销量下降。
   2. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession...
      我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
   3. The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.
      油价上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。

1. The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession
   看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。
2. We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
   在此经济萧条时期，我们容许增加消费和借贷。
3. These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession
   这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。
4. Never before has the industry had to cope with war and recession at the same time
   这个行业以前从未有过必须同时应付战争和萧条的经历。
5. They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession
   当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
6. The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy
   经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。
7. New figures indicate the recession may be easing up.
   新的数据显示经济衰退可能有所缓和。
8. British business is now experiencing a severe recession.
   英国商业现在正经历严重的衰退。
9. How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it?
   我们是怎样陷入这次经济衰退的，又该做些什么才能从中摆脱呢？
10. Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere
    企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
11. I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession.
    我不否认经济衰退的事实。
12. Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.
    英国一些20世纪80年代的商界杰出领袖，成为了该国经济衰退中最大的受害者。
13. The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports
    业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
14. Little companies are known for their pluck and perseverance, even in the face of a recession.
    小公司的勇气和坚毅是出了名的，即使面对经济衰退也是如此。
15. The economy is plunging into recession.
    经济正陷入萧条。
16. His troubles predated the recession
    他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
17. Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected
    关于经济衰退不会延续很长时间的预测对那些已经受到影响的人来说只是小小的安慰。
18. Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars
    日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
19. Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession
    经济未能走出衰退，英镑因此受到了打击。
20. What we want to see today are policies to pull us out of this recession.
    目前我们想看到的是能使我们走出这次经济衰退的政策。
21. The only way to purge the economy of this new burst of inflation is a short, sharp recession.
    要消除新爆发的这次通货膨胀，唯一的方法是让经济短期内急剧衰退。
22. The recession caused sales to drop off
    经济不景气使销量下降。
23. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession
    我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
24. The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.
    油价上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。
25. Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
    分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。
26. The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down
    政府将紧缩经济，使之出现严重衰退，以此迫使通货膨胀率下降。
27. During the last recession, migration to the sunbelt accelerated.
    在上个经济萧条期，人们向美国南部阳光地带移民的速度加快了。
28. The company has weathered the recession
    这家公司从经济萧条中挺了过来。
29. The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.
    全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
30. The country had come through the worst of the recession.
    该国已经度过了经济衰退最糟糕的时期。

noun

1. the act of becoming more distant

   Synonym:    receding

2. the act of ceding back

   Synonym:    ceding back

3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

   Synonym:    recessional

4. a small concavity

   Synonym:    recessnichecorner

5. the state of the economy declines