常見搭配

　　business recession 經濟衰退

　　mild recession 緩慢衰退

　　economic recession 經濟萎縮

　　recession constant 衰退常數

　　growth recession 增長速度下降

　　例句：

　　The recession caused sales to drop off.

　　經濟不景氣使銷量下降。

　　We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession.

　　我們應該著力大幅下調利率以使經濟走出衰退。

　　Small shops have been a casualty of the recession.

　　小商店在經濟蕭條中深受其害。