A technical recession results from two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.

技术上来讲经济衰退必须连续两个季度经济出现负增长。

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In seasonally adjusted terms, the economy grew 2.4% from the previous quarter, thereby avoiding a technical recession.

经季节调整后，与一季度比较经济增长率为2.4%，因此技术上讲已经防止了经济衰退。

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The OECD this week pointed to Britain as the only big rich-world economy that will suffer a minor technical recession-two quarters of falling gdp-this year.

经合组织本周指出，作为唯一的大的富裕世界的经济体，今年英国将遭受很小的技术性经济衰退——2个季度的GDP下降。

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Data published yesterday showed the Euro-zone contracted in Q3, its second consecutive decline, resulting in a technical recession.

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But, finally, even if we avoid a technical recession we cannot assume that the second quarter will bring more growth.

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Analysts said that given these factors the economy was likely to shrink further in the current quarter and enter a technical recession.

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