萧条

He did not want to use the word recession for fear of undermining business confidence.

他不愿意用"萧条"这个词，因为害怕腐蚀商业信心。

Has survived a civil war, world wars, terror attacks, depression, recessions, presidential impeachments, assassinations, stock-market crashes, banking crises and housing busts and emerged with its public institutions, like the government, functioning relatively well.

美国虽历经南北战争、世界大战、恐怖袭击、萧条、衰退、总统弹劾、暗杀、股市崩盘、银行系统危机和住宅市场泡沫破裂等历次危机，其政府等公共机构的运作始终相对良好。

Has survived a civil war, world wars, terror attacks, depression, recessions, presidential impeachments, assassinations, stock-market crashes, banking crises and housing busts and emerged with its public institutions, like the government, functioning relatively well.

美国虽历经南北战争、世界大战、恐怖袭击、萧条、衰退、总统弹劾、暗杀、股市崩盘、银行系统危机和住宅市场泡沫破裂等历次危机，其政府等公共机构的运作始终相对良好。而今，这些公共机构又在经受着考验。

The circulation, consumption and reproduction of the trilogy have not only testified to its historical significance and literariness, but also invested it with new meanings.

该三部曲的流通、消费与再生产不仅验证了其历史意义及文学性，而切还赋予它以新的意义。

If he thought that he could buy me off, he would be wrong.

如果他认为他可以收买我，那他就大错特错了。