Less severe 'winter doldrums' occur at least three times more frequently than winter depression.(稍逊严重的冬季消沉'比冬季抑郁发生的频率至少多3倍。)
Universities can be a source of skills and a place to sit out the doldrums, so students are entering and staying on at university more and more.(大学是职业技能的一个来源，一个可以“两耳不闻窗外事”的所在，所以学生们越来越多地进入大学并留在那里。)
The economy is in the doldrums.(经济毫无生气。)
China's property market was in the doldrums last year.(中国房地产市场去年陷入了低谷。)
Before then the firm had been on a roll, with Land Rover sales breaking records and Jaguars doing well after years in the doldrums.(而在那之前，JLR公司正鸿运当头，路虎的销售创下纪录，捷豹也在多年的萧条期后崛起。)
If drug addicts can learn to deal with their doldrums, however, they may be less likely to relapse.(可是，如果那些药物瘾君子能够学会如何应对自己的烦躁情绪，他们烦躁情绪复发的可能性就会降低。)
He's been in the doldrums ever since she left him.(自从她离开他以来，他一直很消沉。)
After Labor Day, however, investors get serious and the summer market doldrums officially come to an end.(然而，在劳工节之后，投资者们开始担忧，夏季市场的萧条也正式结束了。)
And raise demand in the short-term to keep more workers out of the doldrums of long-term unemployment.(然后在短时期内提高需求来让更多的工人走出长期失业带来的低落情绪。)
The day the Mariposa entered the doldrums, Martin was more miserable than ever.(马里泊萨号进入赤道无风带那天，马丁比任何时候都痛苦了。)
