不景気

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

ふけいき【不景気】

&fRoman1;〔景気が悪いこと〕bad [hard] times；〔経済の不況〕a depression；〔景気後退〕a recession

会社には不景気な年だった
It was a lean [bad] year for our firm.

今は不景気のどん底だ
The depression is at its worst now.

造船業界は不景気だ
The shipbuilding industry is in a slump.

昨年は不景気だったので失業者が急増した
Business was so slow [slack] last year that unemployment increased rapidly.

あの花屋は不景気そうだ
That florist doesn't seem to be doing 「very well [much business].

最近コレラ患者が出たので魚市場は不景気だ
As a result of the recent outbreak of cholera, the fish market is inactive [quiet].

&fRoman2;〔気分がさえない〕不景気な 〔元気がない〕cheerless；〔陰気な〕dismal, gloomy

不景気な顔をしているね
You look 「down in the mouth [dumps].

父に成績表を見せたら不景気な顔をした
When I showed my father my report card he made a long face.

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