1. 沮丧，消沉，意气消沈，不振
2. 洼地，凹地，凹洼，沉降地
3. 压低，降低
4. 不景气，萧条
5. 【气】低气压，气压降低
6. 陷落
7. 下沉
8. 抑郁症
9. 精神忧郁

1. [U][C]忧伤,消沉,沮丧 a feeling of sadness and hopelessness
2. [C]经济大萧条,不景气时期 a long period of seriously reduced business activity and high unemployment
3. [C]凹陷,洼地 a part of a surface lower than the other parts
4. [C]低气压(地区) an area where the pressure of the air is low in the ground

1. a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

3. a sunken or depressed geological formation

4. sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

5. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

6. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

   "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
   

7. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

8. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

   "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
   

9. angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

10. pushing down;

    "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
    

1.抑郁;沮丧;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 fromdepression...
托马斯先生患有抑郁症。
e.g. I slid into adepression and became morbidly fascinated with death.
我陷入消沉，开始对死亡有种病态的迷恋。

2.萧条（期）；不景气
Adepression 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 Greatdepression of the 1930s.
他永远不会忘记 20 世纪 30 年代经济大萧条时期他所亲眼目睹的困苦情形。

3.凹陷;凹坑;洼地
Adepression in a surface is an area which is lower than the parts surrounding it.

e.g. ...an area pockmarked by rain-filled depressions.
密布着雨水洼的地区

4.低气压
Adepression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.

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1. 沮丧：14.沮丧(depression)--老年人最常见的行为,一般而言是由情绪而产生的,例如失去亲友、熟络的环境,害怕死亡等. 沮丧的起因通常都是非常真实的,惯常见到的征兆有颓丧、低落的自我形象、对大部分活动失去满足感,对他人失去兴趣,淘哭,

2. 抑郁症：抑郁症(depression)一种最常见的精神障碍,临床以心境低落为主要特征.随着中医药对抑都症诊疗研究范围的扩大与重视,探索建立适合于中医临床的抑郁症专用评定量表已是当务之急,本研究编制有中医特色的抑郁症中医证侯自评量表,