depressing
英 [dɪˈpresɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈpresɪŋ]
adj. 令人抑郁的; 令人沮丧的; 令人消沉的
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)
depress的现在分词
现在分词：depressing
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.6842 / COCA.9094
同义词辨析
gloomycheerlessdepressing【导航词义：阴郁的】
gloomyadj. 阴郁的；阴暗的
〔辨析〕
指人因认为情况不会好转而感到沮丧的，也指天气、房间等阴森森的。
〔例证〕
a gloomy day/house/person
阴天/阴森森的房子/忧郁的人
I can tell by his gloomy face that the situation is bad.
从他阴郁的脸上我能看出情况不妙。
阴天/阴森森的房子/忧郁的人
I can tell by his gloomy face that the situation is bad.
从他阴郁的脸上我能看出情况不妙。
cheerlessadj. 沉闷的，阴郁的
〔辨析〕
指天气、地方、时期等令人不快乐的。
〔例证〕
a cheerless day/place
沉闷的一天/阴郁的场所
It is cold and cheerless in the yard with no one there.
院子里冷冷清清，一个人也没有。
沉闷的一天/阴郁的场所
It is cold and cheerless in the yard with no one there.
院子里冷冷清清，一个人也没有。
depressingadj. 令人沮丧的
〔辨析〕
指令人感到非常抑郁及忧愁的。
〔例证〕
The journey was depressing.
旅途令人沮丧。
The economic situation there is depressing.
那里的经济形势令人郁闷。
旅途令人沮丧。
The economic situation there is depressing.
那里的经济形势令人郁闷。
牛津词典
adj.
- 令人抑郁的；令人沮丧的；令人消沉的
making you feel very sad and without enthusiasm- a depressing sight/thought/experience
令人沮丧的景象 / 想法 / 经历 - Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.
如今求职有时会令人非常沮丧。
- a depressing sight/thought/experience
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人抑郁的;使人沮丧的;让人消沉的
Something that isdepressingmakes you feel sad and disappointed.- Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...
昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。 - I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month.
我很想 2 月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。
- Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...
英英释义
adj
- causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- the economic outlook is depressing
- something cheerless about the room
- a moody and uncheerful person
- an uncheerful place
双语例句
- The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。 - Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.
艾丽斯·芒罗以文风沉郁闻名。 - I don't like to define my work as a daily routine, that can be very depressing.
我不喜欢把我的工作定义为日常惯例，这太令人沮丧了。 - I don't watch the news because I find it too depressing.
我不看新闻节目，因为我觉得它太让人沮丧了。 - It says much for Brookner's skill that the book is sad, but never depressing.
这本书笔调忧伤，却并不令人沮丧，这很能说明布鲁克纳超群的写作技巧。 - That's the really scary and depressing thing.
这是一件非常可怕和令人沮丧的事情。 - When will the rain ever stop? how depressing!
雨下个不停，真叫人烦闷。 - Without challenges life would be very boring and depressing.
生活中如果缺少挑战，那么它一定会是非常无聊和压抑的。 - The film is rather depressing.
这部影片气氛比较压抑。 - All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.
总之，等待琼斯的似乎是一个相当令人沮丧的夏天。