Well, sir, you see, this recession has hit me pretty hard; I lost my job and I’m in a lot of debt.

先生，是这样，这次经济危机对我打击很大；我丢了工作又负债累累。

There was no prolonged recession or depression.

而且也没有引发长时间的经济衰退或萧条。

We've been through a global pandemic, a global recession, unprecedented government actions, turbulent elections and deeply felt social and racial injustice.

我们经历了行病、经济衰退、史无前例的政府行动、动荡的选举以及深深感受到的社会和种族不公。

Has the market been badly hit by the recession?

经济不景气时，市场受到的冲击大吗？

It is too austere, too insistent on fiscal consolidation even in recession, too prone to put the burden of adjustment on deficit countries, too dominated by lawyers, not economists.

它太过于紧缩，甚至在衰退时期仍太过于坚持财政整顿，太过于倾将调整的重担让赤字国家去承受，太过于听从法律人士而非经济学家。

You bet! No chop. Especially for Southern European countries, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy, high unemployment and consumer recession injured them seriously and encumbered other countries.

是啊，很差的。尤其是那几个南欧国家，如希腊、西班牙、葡萄牙和意大利，失业率很高，消费也很低迷，还拖累了很多周边国家。

Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of the primary causes of the U.S. economic performance.

不久前，随着美国经济陷入衰退，日本正处于泡沫破灭前的高峰期，美国工人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这被认为这是美国经济表现的主要原因之一。

Will all this shorten an expected recession?

所有这些都将加速人们这次所预期的经济衰退吗？

German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.

德国和巴西的报纸行业对危机不屑一顾。

Never before has the NBER so quickly designated the onset of a recession.

国家经济研究局从未如此迅速地确定经济衰退的开始。

Beleaguered Greeks are set to endure a sixth year of recession in 2013.

由于陷入欧债危机，希腊人民直至明年不得不继续经历连续第六年的经济衰退。

Although wonks are betting on a recession, many punters still hope one can be avoided.

尽管书呆子们押注于经济衰退，但许多投机者仍希望经济衰退能够避免。

Sales flagged during the recession and the retailer couldn't bring customers back.

在经济衰退期间，这家零售商销售额下滑，无法挽回顾客。

Goldman Sachs today increased the chances of a U.S. recession to 45 percent this year.

今天高盛将美国今年经济衰退的可能性提高至45%。

The U.S. auto industry was hit hard by the recession.

美国汽车行业也受到经济衰退的打击。

For the economy as a whole, a recession is not expected but, for the manufacturing sectors, there are predictions of, shall we say, unfavourable conditions.

从整体来看，不会出现衰退，但对于制造业而言，预测情况不利。

Generally, a shrinking GDP for two quarters in a row constitutes a recession.

一般情况下，国内生产总值在两个季度内连续下降就意味着经济衰退。

In 2008, leaders met to discuss a response to the great recession.

2008年，领导人会晤讨论如何应对经济大萧条。

It included a 20 percent increase in teacher pay over the next three years and additional funding to make up for some of the cuts to education that took place back in a recession.

其中包括在未来三年增加20%的教师工资，以及在经济衰退中削减教育经费的额外拨款。

The crisis has paralyzed the country's ability to revive its economy from recession.

危机导致巴西从经济不景气中恢复的能力衰退。