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the depths of something
idiom(alsothe depth of something)
the worst period of an extreme and negative emotion or a bad situation:
in the depths ofHe was in the depths of despair/depression about losing his job.他丢了工作深感绝望／沮丧。
in the depth ofThe company was started in the depth of the recession of the 1930s.该公司创办于20世纪30年代经济最萧条的时期。
He wrote the hymn in the depths of despair after losing his first wife in childbirth.
She went between high spirits and the depths of misery.
Even in the depth of depression, I knew I loved him.
It was the depths of the Depression and people were desperate to find work.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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afflict
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almost/nearly die of somethingidiom
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bear
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grip
hands-on
hit someone where they liveidiom
hold onidiom
horse
impact statement
ride
see lifeidiom
stricken
suffer the consequences
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taste
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