在经济衰退期，制造业有很多人失业了。

Many jobs in manufacturing were lost during the recession.

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我们在这个经济衰退期允许增加支出和借款。

We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

“人与机器竞争”这一概念至少与工业革命一样古老了，但在经济衰退期和脆弱的复苏期中，这种现象往往最为明显。

The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.

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One of our folks reminded me, Microsoft was started and Apple was started during kind of a recessionary period.

我们的一位同事提醒过我，微软和苹果都是在,经济衰退期成立的。

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