抑郁症常译为depression抑郁症是情感性精神障碍的一种情感状态,情感性精神障碍是指以心境显著而持久的改变(高涨或低落)为基本临床表现,并伴有相应思维和行为异常的一类精神障碍。抑郁症的主要表现为:心境抑郁、悲观失望、兴致丧失、精力减退和行动迟缓,心境抑郁是最核心的症状。若能明确诊断,治疗效果较好。--例句:1. Monoamine oxidase (MAO)inhibitors were introduced into therapy for the treatment of depression in 1957. 单胺氧化酶(MAO)抑制剂1957年被推荐用来治疗抑郁症。 2. Reserpine should not be administered to patients with a history of depressive episodes, and it should be discontinued if suggestive signs or symptoms develop. 利血平不能用于有抑郁症病史的病人,如果出现先兆性症状即应停药。 3. "The pattern is the same as that you see in the depression literature: people born in the winter are statistically more likely to suffer from depression, and we may be seeing the same effect here." 他说,"这种情况和你在抑郁症研究文献中所看到的一样:据统计,冬天出生的人更容易患抑郁症,我们在调查中看到的可能也是同样的效果。 4. There is more post-natal depression in the winter, and mothers who suffer from this don't interact with their children in the same way. 冬季,婴儿出生后,母亲更有可能患产后抑郁症,而这些母亲与婴儿的交流方式就不一样了, 5. A clinical depression-- as opposed to the everyday blues and even the intense grief we all experience from time to time-- is, in my experience, by far the most common cause of memory loss and intellectual deterioration. 根据我的经验,与我们大家经常遭受的日常忧郁甚至极度忧伤相反,临床抑郁症是记忆力丧失和智力衰退最常见的原因。 6. He suffers from frequent bouts of depression. 他患多发性抑郁症. 7. Recent medical findings show that people with even low-normal levels of vitamin B-12 in their blood have more depression with memory problems. 最近的医学研究成果表明,血液里维生素B—12甚至低于正常标准的人,因记忆力问题而患抑郁症的更多。 8. The doctor prescribed a holiday as the best cure for his depression. 医生认为要治好他的抑郁症最好是去度假. 9. The loss of concentration that accompanies depression makes it difficult for the affected person to acquire new information. —旦患了抑郁症,注意力便不能集中,也难于获取新的信息。