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
- In order to depress the noise, a lock-in differential conductance measurement system is designed.
为了抑制噪声的影响，应用交流技术开发了有更高精度的锁相微分电导测量系统。 - 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。 - I am depress due to I always worry about the safety of my children.
我很压抑，由于我总是担心我的孩子们的安全。 - 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。 - Low interest rates on rank deposits depress saving and encourage the hold of physical assets.
银行存款的低利率减少了储蓄，鼓励人们持有实物资产。 - Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.
没有足够的市场来吸收用于再循环的回收材料，实际上放弃了利用使用过的材料来降低价格。 - But Mr Bernanke may explain how high commodity prices can depress the economy, and prices.
但伯南克也许会解释，大宗商品价格高企将会如何抑制物价和经济增长。 - I was so sad to realized the fact that I am depress for tiny and very minor things.
我非常遗憾地意识到其实我压抑是为小和非常轻微的东西。 - The cost of servicing that debt would depress future growth.
支付债务利息所产生的成本将拖累未来的增长。 - 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。