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depression-era

UK/dɪ'preʃ(ə)n-'ɪərə/US

Definitions

adj.

Of or relating to the era of the Great Depression of the 1930s

大萧条时期的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
de-down, away, reversal
+
presspress, squeeze
+
-ionact, process, state
+
eraroot
=depression-era

depression (de- 'down' + press = the economy pressed down) + era. Relating to the years of the Great Depression.

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Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The museum displays depression-era photographs of rural America.

  • 2.

    My grandmother kept a depression-era habit of saving everything.

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