depression

dépression

Trouble psychique entraînant une tristesse durable, un manque d’énergie et une perte d’intérêt pour la vie quotidienne.

En anglais simple : A mental health condition that causes lasting sadness, low energy, and loss of interest in daily life.

• She has depression.
• He received treatment for depression last year.
• Her doctor asked about symptoms of depression.

Expressions courantes : have depression, severe depression, treatment for depression

dépression économique

Longue période où l’activité économique chute fortement et où beaucoup de personnes perdent leur emploi.

En anglais simple : A long period when business activity falls greatly and many people lose their jobs.

• The country entered a depression.
• Many businesses closed during the depression.
• The government feared another economic depression.

Synonymes : slump

Contraires : boom

Expressions courantes : economic depression, great depression, during a depression

abattement, déprime

État dans lequel on se sent très triste et malheureux.

En anglais simple : A state of feeling very sad and unhappy.

• A feeling of depression followed his disappointment.
• Her depression lifted when her friends arrived.
• He sank into depression after losing the match.

Synonymes : sadness, gloom, dejection

Contraires : happiness

Expressions courantes : deep depression, feeling of depression, period of depression

creux, dépression

Partie d’une surface située plus bas que ce qui l’entoure.

En anglais simple : A part of a surface that is lower than the area around it.

• Water collected in a small depression.
• The heavy box left a depression in the cushion.
• She filled the depressions in the ground with soil.

Comment l'utiliser : a depression in something (There was a shallow depression in the metal.)

Synonymes : hollow, dip

Contraires : bump

Expressions courantes : shallow depression, depression in something, small depression, natural depression

enfoncement, abaissement

Action de pousser ou de déplacer quelque chose vers le bas.

En anglais simple : The act of pushing or moving something down.

• Depression of the pedal starts the motor.
• The switch requires full depression to work.
• Repeated depression of the lever damaged the spring.

Comment l'utiliser : depression of something (Depression of the lever releases the lock.)

Expressions courantes : depression of something, pedal depression, full depression