2012考研备考：赵丽教你背考研英语词汇(55)

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55、When business is ______, there is usually an obvious increase in unemployment.
    A. degraded B. depressed C. reduced D. lessened
    [depress]
    depress v.使沮丧, 使萧条
    depression 沮丧, 萧条, 低洼地带
    [/depress]
    [degrade]
    degrade v.(使)降级, (使)堕落
    [/degrade]
    [reduce]
    reduce vt.减少, 缩小
    induce 诱惑, 劝诱
    produce 生产
    deduce 推断, 推论, 演绎出
    educate 教育
    education n.教育
    introduce 介绍
    [/reduce]
    [lessen]
    lessen 减少, 变得更小
    enrich 使丰富, 使充实
    [/lessen]
    [recession]
    recession (经济)不景气
    [/recession]
    [redundant]
    redundant 冗余的
    [/redundant]