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. 经济衰退; 萧条
noun [抽象名词](经济的)衰退(期);<正式>退后,撤回;(天文)退行;凹处
The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession. 石油价格的上涨使欧洲陷入严重的经济衰退。
recession
“ -sion” ⌜ 表示某种行为、状态或结果 - indicating an action, state, or result ~ ⌟