• n. 衰退；不景氣；后退；凹處

來自 recess,后退，-ion,名詞后綴。引申詞義經濟衰退。

recession (n.)

1640s, "act of receding, a going back," from French récession "a going backward, a withdrawing," and directly from Latin recessionem (nominative recessio) "a going back," noun of action from past participle stem of recedere (see recede).

Sense of "temporary decline in economic activity," 1929, noun of action from recess (q.v.):

The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity -- even if we have to face an immediate recession of some magnitude -- to be long delayed. ["Economist," Nov. 2, 1929]

Ayto notes, "There was more than a hint of euphemism in the coining of this term."

1. Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.

政客們開始使用令人恐懼的R字頭詞：recession（經濟衰退）。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.

經濟仍深陷衰退之中，幾乎沒有好轉的跡象。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway.

經濟蕭條只不過加速了原本就在改變行業(yè)狀況的變化。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof.

他不得不收回他說過的公司能免受經濟衰退影響的話。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that'sgoing on elsewhere.

企業(yè)感受到了別處經濟衰退帶來的間接影響。

來自柯林斯例句