doldrums

英 [ˈdɒldrəmz]

美 [ˈdoʊldrəmz]

n.  忧郁; 郁闷; 消沉; 没精打采; 无生气; 停滞; 萧条

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牛津词典

noun

• 忧郁；郁闷；消沉；没精打采
  the state of feeling sad or depressed
  1. He's been in the doldrums ever since she left him.
     自从她离开他以来，他一直很消沉。
• 无生气；停滞；萧条
  a lack of activity or improvement
  1. The bond market normally revives after the summer doldrums.
     债券市场通常在夏天萧条期后开始复苏。
  2. Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums .
     尽管采取了这些措施，经济仍然停滞不前。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 处于低潮;陷于停滞
  If an activity or situation isin the doldrums, it is very quiet and nothing new or exciting is happening.
  1. The economy is in the doldrums.
     经济正处于萧条期。

英英释义

noun

• a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
• a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
  1. economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
  Synonym:stagnationstagnancy

双语例句

• Next time you're down in the doldrums, you might want to avoid the mall.
  根据一项对花钱决策方面的研究，下回心情不好的时候，也许你要考虑回避超市。
• Wall Street employees about to return from the summer doldrums have something new to worry about: their jobs.
  一波未平，一波又起。华尔街的员工还未完全从夏季萧条期恢复，又要开始担心他们的工作了。
• The German economy, in the doldrums for six long years, is at last gathering speed.
  德国经济经历了长达六年的疲软期，终于逐渐加速。
• Let the stock market out of the doldrums, the restoration of confidence is the most important.
  让我们走出低迷的股市，恢复信心是最重要的。
• The American market is as much in the doldrums as the British one.
  美国的市场跟英国的市场一样，正处于不景气状态。
• Doldrums a period of stagnation or slump.
  经济萧条期：经济萧条或衰落期。
• But now researchers have revealed a ten-point action plan to help young mums out of the doldrums.
  不过，研究人员最近公布了十点行动计划，以此帮助年轻妈妈走出忧郁的泥淖。
• The US economy may be in the doldrums and the eurozone debt crisis is lurching from bad to worse.
  眼下，美国经济或许已陷入低谷，欧元区债务危机正愈演愈烈。
• The economy is in the doldrums.
  经济正处于萧条期。
• She's been in the doldrums ever since her father died.
  自从她父亲去世以来，她一直很消沉。