If an activity or situation is in the doldrums, it is very quiet and nothing new or exciting is happening.
例句
The economy is in the doldrums.经济正处于萧条期。
英汉词典释义
n.
意气消沉；无精打采；萧条
The industry remains in the doldrums, according to official figures out today.根据今天官方公布的数字，这个行业仍不景气。Property sales have been in the doldrums for some time.房地产销售一段时间以来不大景气。He was in the doldrums for the whole winter.整个冬天他都无精打采。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a state of inactivity (in business or art etc);
"economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
2. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific