depression
depression. A period of economic stress that persists over an extended period, accompanied by poor business conditions and high unemployment. Cf. RECESSION.
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depression
depression n. (1)降低；压低 用以排除表面积水的一种自然方法。 (2)凹地；凹陷 (3)大萧条 指经济衰退，工商业条件下降并伴随高失业率、低价格等的一段时期，它比「工业衰退」〔recession〕更为严重。 (4)抑郁症 精神综合症，表现为自我低估、忧郁和犯罪感等。
economic depression
economic depression 经济大萧条 指工商业的不景气，直至影响到普通的老百姓，表现为商业滑坡、价格下跌、工厂倒闭、失业增加、越来越多的人靠救济金生活。
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social security act
Social Security Act. A federal law, originally established in 1935 in response to the Great Depression, creating a system of benefits, including old-age and survivors’ benefits, and establishing the Social Security Administration. 42 USCA §§ 401–433. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 5, 121. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 6–7, 32, 34–35, 46,
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Works Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration 〈美〉工程兴办署 美国在大萧条〔Great Depression〕时期设立的一个联邦机构。主要为该机构所指定的工作僱用穷人，给穷人提供工作。
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recession
recession. A period characterized by a sharp slowdown in economic activity, declining employment, and a decrease in investment and consumer spending. Cf. DEPRESSION.
smoot–hawley tariff act
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act. Hist. A 1930 protectionist statute that raised tariff rates on most articles imported into the U.S., and provoked U.S. trading partners to institute comparable tariff increases. • This Act is often cited as a factor in precipitating and spreading the Great Depression. The Act was named for the legislators who sponsored it,
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lake
lake, n. 1. A large body of standing water in a depression of land or basin supplied from the drainage of an extended area; esp., a natural depression in the surface of the earth containing a reasonably permanent body of water that is substantially at rest. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 108. C.J.S. Waters §§