1. 抑郁;沮喪;消沉 Depression is a mental state in which you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
depression
e.g. Mr Thomas was suffering from depression... 托馬斯先生患有抑郁癥。 e.g. I slid into a depression and became morbidly fascinated with death. 我陷入消沉，開(kāi)始對死亡有種病態(tài)的迷戀。
2. 蕭條（期）；不景氣 A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
e.g. He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 他永遠不會(huì )忘記 20 世紀 30 年代經(jīng)濟大蕭條時(shí)期他所親眼目睹的困苦情形。
3. 凹陷;凹坑;洼地 A depression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it.
e.g. ...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions. 密布著(zhù)雨水洼的地區
4. 低氣壓 A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.
depression英英釋義
noun
1. pushing down
e.g. depression of the space bar on the typewriter
2. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
3. a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonym: natural depression
4. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
5. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
e.g. he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Synonym: impressionimprint
6. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Synonym: depressive disorderclinical depression
7. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
8. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Synonym: slumpeconomic crisis
9. an air mass of lower pressure often brings precipitation
e.g. a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow