中英释义：
1982年我遇到了可怕的事，我把注都压在萧条上，但萧条并未发生。
Something terrible happened to me in 1982, when I bet everything on a depression that never came.
《成功的原则》《Principles for Success》
那都两年前了，我受够了这两年的工作不顺和经济萧条，我们得去富足的地方。
And that was two years ago. Two years of bad business and this bullshit economy, and I'm done. We need to go somewhere rich.
《欲望都市2》《Sex and the City 2》
2009年1月，在总统和我主政之初，全国正深陷自大萧条以来最严重的经济危机之中。
When the President and I took office in January of 2009, this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression.
《奥巴马每周电视讲话》《Your Weekly Address》
我在萧条中犯下的错误让我对错误有了健康的恐惧。换句话来说它让我非常谦卑，我正需要这一点。
My big mistake in betting on a depression gave me a healthy fear of being wrong. In other words, it gave me deep humility, which was exactly what I needed.
《成功的原则》《Principles for Success》
这就是我之前说过的勇气，我们每个人都需要自己摸索。在我犯下萧条的错误之后，像所有人一样我来到了人生中的一个岔路口。
This is the courage I spoke of earlier, and we each have to feel these things out for ourselves. After my big mistake in calling for a depression, I had come to one of life's forks in the road, as we all do.
《成功的原则》《Principles for Success》
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金融萧条
financial depression
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萧条的地区
depressed area
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慢性萧条
chronic depression;chronic depression
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经济萧条
economic depression/slump
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萧条年
sluggish year
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经济萧条的后遗症
after-effect of the economic depression
他的未来看起来很萧条。
His future looks very bleak.
这个地方的气氛非常萧条。
The atmosphere of this place is very bleak.
冬天的景色显得格外萧条。
The winter scenery looks particularly bleak.
在那段萧条的日子里，我们几乎没有希望。
During those bleak days, we had almost no hope.
经济萧条时期，很多人失去了工作。
During the bleak economic period, many people lost their jobs.
冬天萧条的景象
The bleak visage of winter.
随着金融业一季不如一季的萧条，在去年的裁员狂潮中幸免于难的银行家和交易员开始怀疑：他们的气数是否已尽？
As the financial industry limps from one bleak quarter to the next, bankers and traders who dodged painful layoffs in the past year wonder if their luck is running out.
经济萧条导致了许多人失业。
Economic depression led to many people losing their jobs.
政府采取了措施来应对经济萧条。
The government took measures to combat the economic depression.
经济萧条使得市场需求大幅下降。
The economic depression caused a significant drop in market demand.