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目前生意萧条不振。 Business is slack just now.
目前的市场相当萧条。 The market is rather depressed at the moment.
1929年的经济大萧条摧毁了国际贸易. The great financial crash in 1929 ruined international trade.
对着英、美的一般大众当萧伯纳(挖苦人家),总比对着自己的家人当萧伯纳来得容易。 It's easier to be a Bernard Shaw to the British or American public than it is to be a Bernard Shaw to your own family.
在经济萧条期间,银行很可能倒闭 In a depression banks are liable to fail.
没有迹象表明萧条已经到了极点. There is no sign that the recession has bottomed out yet.
经济萧条时期,有好几百万的失业者在街头游荡。 During the depression, millions of the unemployed wandered around in the streets.
那音乐老师每星期来两次,为的是填补多罗西与萧邦之间的一大段空白。 The music teacher came twice each week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin.