名詞 economic crisis:

1. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
   同義詞：depression, slump

1. Several large banks in America and Europe folded up during the recent economic crisis.
   在最近的經濟危機中，美國和歐洲的幾家大銀行倒閉了。
2. Economically speaking the New Deal was an attempt on the part of the Roosevelt government to pull the United States out of the great economic crisis of1929-1933.
   從經濟方面來說，新政是羅斯福政府的一種企圖，想借此擺脫1929－1933年的嚴重經濟危機。
3. The numerous business failures came on the heels of the economic crisis.
   經濟危機之后，接踵而來的是許多商店倒閉。
4. Failing this, their profit would fall in resulting economic crisis.
   做不到這一點，在隨之而來的經濟危機中他們的利潤就會下降。