recession
/rɪˈseʃən/noun
1
- a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters（经济的）衰退（期）。
2
- mass noun chiefly Astronomy the action of receding; motion away from an observer【主天文】退行。
派生词
recessionary
adjective词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin recessio（n-）, from recess- 'gone back', from the verb recedere （see RECEDE）.