A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
ADJ-GRADED
令人非常驚愕難過的;給人以極大打擊的
Something that is shattering shocks and upsets you very much.
例句
The experience of their daughter's death had been absolutely shattering...女兒的死讓他們肝腸寸斷。Yesterday's decision was another shattering blow.昨天的決議又是一個慘痛的打擊。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the act of breaking something into small pieces
Adjective
1. seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering;
"shattering rain striking the windowpanes""the shattering tones of the enormous carillon""the shattering peal of artillery"