suy thoái
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Definition
Verb:
- To decline or deteriorate: To gradually become weaker, worse, or less effective over a prolonged period.
- To be in recession: Used primarily in economics to describe a period of significant decline in economic activity across the economy.
Noun:
- Decline or deterioration: The process or state of becoming progressively worse.
- Recession: A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nền kinh tế đang suy thoái. (The economy is declining / in recession.)
- Sức khỏe của ông ấy suy thoái nhanh chóng. (His health deteriorated rapidly.)
- Noun:
- Giai đoạn suy thoái kéo dài ba năm. (The period of recession lasted three years.)
- Sự suy thoái về đạo đức là đáng lo ngại. (The moral decline is concerning.)
Advanced Usage
- "suy thoái kinh tế": economic recession.
- Cuộc khủng hoảng dẫn đến suy thoái kinh tế nghiêm trọng. (The crisis led to a severe economic recession.)
- "suy thoái môi trường": environmental degradation.
- Suy thoái môi trường đe dọa hệ sinh thái. (Environmental degradation threatens the ecosystem.)
Variants and Related Words
- Suy giảm (v): to diminish, to decrease (often less severe or broad than "suy thoái").
- Sức ảnh hưởng của họ đang suy giảm. (Their influence is diminishing.)
- Khủng hoảng kinh tế (n): economic crisis (often more acute than a recession).
Synonyms
- Deteriorate: to become progressively worse.
- Decline: to decrease in quality, power, or vigor.
- Recede: to move back or away (used for economic activity).
Related Idioms
- "Suy thoái có chu kỳ": cyclical recession.
- Các nhà kinh tế nghiên cứu hiện tượng suy thoái có chu kỳ. (Economists study the phenomenon of cyclical recession.)
- "Thoái trào": ebb, regression (a related, more literary term for decline).
- Đó là thời kỳ thoái trào của nền văn minh. (That was a period of regression for the civilization.)