recession
US: /ˌɹiˈsɛʃən/, /ɹɪˈsɛʃən/
UK: /ɹɪsˈɛʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
recession /ri'seʃn/- danh từ
- sự lùi lại, sự thụt lại, sự lùi vào, sự thụt vào; chỗ thụt vào, chỗ lõm vào (ở tường)
- sự rút đi
- (kinh tế) tình trạng buôn bán ế ẩm; tình trạng sản xuất giảm sút; cuộc khủng hoảng kinh tế ngắn kỳ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C, U] a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed: the impact of the current recession on manufacturing + The economy is in deep recession. + active policies to pull the country out of recession + These industries have been hard hit by recession.
2 [U] (formal) the movement backwards of sth from a previous position: the gradual recession of the flood water
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
set-back, (economic) downturn, slump, decline, dip, depression:
The slowing of the economy led to a recession which soon deepened into a depression.
Collocation
ADJ.
bad, damaging, debilitating, deep, major, massive, painful, severe, sharp, steep
It was the worst recession since the war.
| mild | deepening | long, prolonged | short, short-lived | continuing | global, international, widespread, world, worldwide | economic, industrial, retail
VERB + RECESSION
cause | go into, move into, plunge (sth) into, sink into, slip into
A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.
| beat, combat | climb out of, come out of, emerge from, get (sth) out of, lead sth out of, move out of, pull (sth) out of
active policies to pull the country out of recession
| end | suffer from | escape (from) | ride out, survive
As dozens of pubs go out of business, others are riding out the recession.
| worsen
RECESSION + VERB
loom
With a recession looming, consumers are spending less.
| hit sth
The country has been hit by recession.
| bottom out
(= reach the lowest level)
PREP.
in (a/the) ~
The economy is in deep recession.
PHRASES
the depth of the recession, the effects/impact of the recession, in the depths of a recession, in times of recession, recovery from (the) recession, a way out of the recession
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Concise dictionary
recessionsrɪ'seʃnnoun
+the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
+a small concavity
+the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
+the act of ceding back
+the act of becoming more distant
