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单词 recession
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•ces•sion1 /rɪˈsɛʃən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a period of economic decline when production, employment, and earnings fall below normal levels or lag behind normal growth: [countable]The country was in a recession.[uncountable]fighting recession.
  2. the act of receding or withdrawing:[uncountable]the recession of the floodwaters.
  3. [countable] a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
re•ces•sion•ar•y, adj. See -cess-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•ces•sion1  (ri seshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of receding or withdrawing.
  2. a receding part of a wall, building, etc.
  3. a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
  4. Economics, Businessa period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration. Cf. depression (def. 7).
  • Latin recessiōn- (stem of recessiō). See recess, -ion
  • 1640–50

re•ces•sion2  (rē seshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a return of ownership to a former possessor.
  • re- + cession 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
recession /rɪˈsɛʃən/ n
  1. a temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity
  2. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir in procession from the chancel at the conclusion of a church service
  3. the act of receding
  4. a part of a building, wall, etc, that recedes
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin recessio; see recess
recession /riːˈsɛʃən/ n
  1. the act of restoring possession to a former owner
Etymology: 19th Century: from re- + cession
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