经济萧条是一段时间内,当这样的经济活动普遍增长而造成的一种临时性的经济活动衰退。

Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 经济萧条 jīngxiāotiáo economic depression
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
3
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=4 Duàn surname Duan
=4 duàn
  1. paragraph
  2. section
  3. segment
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
5 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
6 nèi
  1. inside
  2. inner
  3. internal
  4. within
  5. interior
=7 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=7 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=7 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
8 这样 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
=9 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 经济活动 jīnghuódòng economic activity
11 普遍 biàn
  1. universal
  2. general
  3. widespread
  4. common
12 增长 zēngzhǎng to grow; to increase
13 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
14 造成 zàochéng to bring about; to create; to cause
=15 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 一种 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
17 临时 línshí
  1. as the time draws near
  2. at the last moment
  3. temporary
  4. interim
  5. ad hoc
18 xìng
  1. nature
  2. character
  3. property
  4. quality
  5. attribute
  6. sexuality
  7. sex
  8. gender
  9. suffix forming adjective from verb
  10. suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
  11. essence

classifier:

=19 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
20 经济活动 jīnghuódòng economic activity
21 衰退 shuāituì
  1. to decline
  2. to fall
  3. to drop
  4. to falter
  5. a decline
  6. recession (in economics)