depress
英 [dɪˈpres]
美 [dɪˈpres]
v. 使抑郁; 使沮丧; 使消沉; 使失去信心; 使萧条; 使不景气; 降低(价格); 减少(工资)
过去式：depressed 第三人称单数：depresses 过去分词：depressed 现在分词：depressing
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同义词辨析
depressdiscouragedishearten【导航词义：使沮丧】
depressv. 使沮丧，使抑郁
〔辨析〕
指使人心情不好、不高兴。
〔例证〕
Losing his job really depressed him.
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
discouragev. 使泄气，使灰心
〔辨析〕
指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。
〔例证〕
Don't let one failure discourage/demoralize you! You can do it!
别失败一次就灰心！你能行的！
She is easily discouraged/demoralized by obstacles.
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
别失败一次就灰心！你能行的！
She is easily discouraged/demoralized by obstacles.
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
disheartenv. 使沮丧，使灰心
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。
〔例证〕
Don't let the defeat dishearten you! Remember that Rome was not built in a day.
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。
牛津词典
verb
- 使抑郁；使沮丧；使消沉；使失去信心
to make sb sad and without enthusiasm or hope- Wet weather always depresses me.
阴雨天总使我心情抑郁。 - It depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.
看到这么多女孩抽烟令我感到很沮丧。
- Wet weather always depresses me.
- 使萧条；使不景气
to make trade, business, etc. less active- The recession has depressed the housing market.
经济衰退导致住房市场不景气。
- The recession has depressed the housing market.
- 降低（价格）；减少（工资）
to make the value of prices or wages lower- to depress wages/prices
减少工资；降低价格
- to depress wages/prices
- 按，压，推下（尤指机器部件）
to press or push sth down, especially part of a machine- to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving) .
（开车时）踩离合器踏板
- to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving) .
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使抑郁;使沮丧;使消沉
If someone or somethingdepressesyou, they make you feel sad and disappointed.- I must admit the state of the country depresses me...
我必须承认国家的现状让我倍感沮丧。 - I know he is too optimistic but I don't want to depress him.
我知道他太过乐观了，但我不想令他灰心丧气。
- I must admit the state of the country depresses me...
- VERB 降低;减少
If somethingdepressesprices, wages, or figures, it causes them to become less.- The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
美元走强导致销售额下降。
- The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
英英释义
verb
- lessen the activity or force of
- The rising inflation depressed the economy
- press down
- Depress the space key
- cause to drop or sink
- The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir
- lower someone's spirits
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- lower (prices or markets)
- The glut of oil depressed gas prices
双语例句
- The obscure purport came from author's depress mental experience and life's dilemma.
这种意旨模糊缘于作者对苦闷的心理体验和对人生困境的思考。 - Even so, the mere threat that they could be shifted will depress wages.
即使如此，单就他们可能被转移的威胁就足以降低工资水平。 - Expanding the source of raw material should also depress the price of petroleum.
原料来源的扩展同样会对石油价格起到抑制作用。 - That may depress prices further.
这可能会进一步压低股价。 - Large arrivals at this time would depress prices.
在这个时候大量到货会将价格压低。 - Motor fuel also accounts for a larger share of Americans'spending, so falling prices will depress inflation by more.
汽油又在美国人的开支中占较大比例，因此价格下跌对通胀也就有更大的向下压力。 - Further budget cuts would further depress economic activity, reducing tax revenues and worsening the debt-to-GNP ratio.
进一步削减预算会进一步抑制经济活动，从而减少税收，导致债务与国民生产总值（gnp）的比率更为恶化。 - The simulation results show that the system can depress the overshoot and improve the response and steady state performance.
仿真结果表明该调速系统能有效地抑制超调现象，提高系统的响应速度和稳态性能。 - Drugs that depress sympathetic nervous activity frequently reduce BP in patients with primary hypertension.
抑制交感神经活性的药物可以降低原发性高血压病人的血压。 - If I depress this button, it would deploy a weapon more deadly than yours.
如果我按下这个按钮，就会出来一个比你的更致命的武器。