a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
a sunken or depressed geological formation
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
pushing down
双语例句
The basins on the western of Algin Rift were all compressive depressions,their geothermal gradients were lower. 阿尔金断裂以西为挤压坳陷型盆地，地温梯度普遍较低。
It is probable that local furrows and wider depressions, caused by buckling of the accumulated silicate layers during tectonic movements. 可能有局部沟豁以及宽的坳陷，在构造运动过程中由堆积的硅酸盐层弯曲造成。
