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

• 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。
• Judging by the number of new tycoons, the rich have rebounded from the 2009 doldrums.
  根据新上榜的大亨们的数量来判断，全球富豪阶层已经走出了2009年的低迷。
• 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 industry remains in the doldrums, according to official figures out today.
  根据今天官方公布的数字，这个行业仍不景气。
• Well, we are out of the doldrums at last, sir.
  嗯，我们终于脱离无风带了，先生。
• Property sales have been in the doldrums for some time.
  房地产销售一段时间以来不大景气。
• 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。
• You recall the recent doldrums, there is not much problem, shi.
  回想一下近期你意志消沉的时候，没有什么大问题，就是打不起精神。
• The market bottomed out in 2002, then recovered modestly before hitting the summer doldrums in 2003.
  市场在2002年触底，然后略有回升，在2003年夏天又陷入熊市。