1·The current economic downturn is markedly different from previous recessions.
目前的经济衰退和以前的经济衰退明显不同。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·While economic recessions hit some sectors hard, others go on like clockwork, or even experience growth.
当经济衰退重创一些行业时，另外一些行业却向上发展，像钟表机构，甚至在经历增长。
3·The narrowness of this perspective ignores the pervasive recessions and joblessness of the previous decades, as Alexander Keyssar shows in his recent book.
正如 Alexander Keyssar 在其新书中所指出的那样，这种狭隘的观点忽略了过去几十年普遍存在的衰退和失业现象。
4·The real GDP is almost always higher than ever before; it falls only during recessions.
实际 GDP 几乎总是高于以往任何时候；它只在经济衰退期间下降。
5·So if the Fed did not cause this and the past two recessions, what did?
那么，如果美联储不是这次和过去两次衰退的元凶，那是什么？