the depressed area

基本解释

Federal aid was granted to the depressed area where unemployment had risen to epidemic proportions.
聯邦的補助金被撥到的失業狀況普遍流行的蕭條地區。
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Fulongquan gas field is situated in transition zone between the massif in southeast of Songliao basin and the center depressed area. It is made up of south and north anticlinal high.
伏龍泉氣田位於伏龍泉搆造帶，後者処於松遼盆地東南部隆起區與中央凹陷的過渡帶，由南北兩個高點組成。
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This article expounded the difficulty of constructing county library service network in the depressed area, put forward the operation mode and service characteristic of county library service network.
闡述了建設欠發達地區縣鎮圖書館服務網絡的難點、縣鎮圖書館服務網絡的運營模式和服務特色。

He found that, even a decade after the accident, many people in the area are depressed and traumatised, with high rates of alcoholism and other social ills.
ECONOMIST: The Exxon Valdez
The mine became a divisive issue in the surrounding area, with some members of the community pushing for the mine and the jobs and money it would bring to a depressed area, while others continued to voice concerns about water quality and the lasting effect the mine would have on the region.
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Malmo had long been a depressed area, but is now the fastest-expanding city in the country.
ECONOMIST: Borderless

貧睏地區
Accelerating the county economy, especially the development of the depressed area, is very important to both national stabilization and economic prosperity.
加快縣域經濟的發展，尤其是加快貧睏地區縣域經濟的發展對地方及全國政治穩定、經濟繁榮具有重要的作用。