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 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。
Investment banks had relied on these commissions during the financial doldrums following the 1973 oil crisis.
在1973年石油危机后，投资银行就依靠那些佣金渡过历次金融萧条时期。
But with the world steel industry deep in the doldrums, who needed iron ore carries?
世界钢铁工业很不景气，谁还需要这些铁矿砂船呢？
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。
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。
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。
South Koreans feel their country is rising from the doldrums.
南韩人感到他们的国家正从经济低潮中回升。
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。
The Afghan and Iraq war's bad influence seemed to put the US in the doldrums.
阿富汗和伊拉克两场战争的，似乎美国依然走不出低潮。
Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums.
尽管采取了这些措施，经济状况仍然毫无起色。