简单释义：

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n. 经济衰退；经济萎缩；退后；撤回

网络 不景气；萧条；后退

变形：

复数：recessions  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.萧条;衰退,经济衰退
2.(工商业的)衰退;(价格的)暴跌
3.撤退,后退;退出,退离
4.退缩
5.退水
6.后缩
7.领土归还
8.(占领地等的)交还
9.(墙壁等的)凹处
10.【基督教】(做完礼拜后牧师和唱诗班)退场时的行列

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例句：

1. I worry that this recession will not be a generation-defining event, as some have predicted.
   我担心这次衰退并不是这个时代的特殊事件，就像有些人已经做出的预测那样。

2. After a couple dismal years of sales due to a global recession, manufacturers are exhibiting a renewed sense of creativity.
   因为全球经济衰退，在经历了一段销售低迷期后，制造商们又在展示他们新的创造理念。

3. To make the matter worse, the orders received by the garments industry have gone down a great deal because of the recent recession.
   最近的经济衰退又雪上加霜，使成衣业的订单急剧下降。

4. None of this is what businesses need to hear as they struggle out of a serious recession, but there is still time to act.
   当他们在一场严重的大萧条中挣扎的时候，所有这一切都不是企业需要去听到的，但是仍旧有时间去采取行动。

5. Despite its umbilical links with America, Canada's economy suffered only a mild recession and is now well into a solid recovery.
   尽管加拿大和美国唇齿相依，但加拿大经济仅受轻微衰退影响，且现在正强劲复苏。

6. After the Great Recession, consumers have been conditioned to think of debt as a cancer to be eliminated at all costs.
   自大萧条以来，消费者已习惯视债务为毒瘤，不惜一切代价予以消除。

7. Others questioned the value of spending cuts at a time when the economy is struggling to get out of recession.
   另外一些人质疑在经济还在衰退的边缘挣扎时削减开支的价值。

8. Technically it was the first full year since the end of the Great Recession.
   从技术上讲，这是大萧条结束后的第一个完整年度。