"In the doldrums" nghĩa là gì?

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"In the doldrums" có từ doldrums nghĩa là buồn chán, chán nản -> cụm từ này nghĩa là buồn chán, thiếu năng lượng/nhiệt tình/nhiệt huyết; nghĩa khác là thất bại, không có hoạt động mới, kém phát phát triển.

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The world’s second-largest economy was still not out of the woods, however, as consumption (tiêu thụ) and investment remained in the doldrums, suggesting authorities will likely have to offer more support to strengthen the recovery.

Zimbabwe's economy was already in the doldrums before the coronavirus, beset (bao vây) by rising inflation (lạm phát), the declining value of the local currency, high unemployment, and acute shortages of water, electricity and gas.

It was late 1961 and comics were in the doldrums: the psychiatrist (chuyên gia tâm thần học) Fredric Wertham’s attack on the industry as damaging to children had led it to adopt a prudish Comics Code to avoid government regulation.

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