recession

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
a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

1. 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.

e.g. The recession caused sales to drop off...
经济不景气使销量下降。
e.g. 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。

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1. 经济不景气：一个名叫Jacob Saulwick的评论员引用经济预测机构IBIS的数据分析道,自1788年欧洲人到达澳洲之后,在澳洲二百 二十年的历史之中,只有二十二年处于经济不景气(recession)状态.