depress

英 [dɪ'pres] 美 [dɪ'pres]

• vt. 使沮丧；压下；使萧条；降低；压抑

形容词: depressible 过去式: depressed 过去分词: depressed 现在分词: depressing 第三人称单数: depresses

depress的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

v. (动词)

1. 使沮丧，使消沉，使心灰意冷，使失去信心
2. 压下，压缩
3. 使萧条，使不景气
4. 削弱，使衰弱
5. 抑制
6. 减少，降低，压低，放低
7. 【音】降低，下降
8. <废>镇压
9. 按，压
10. 推下，拉下
11. 使跌价

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 压下; 推下; 拉下 press, push or pull down
2. vt. 使愁苦; 使沮丧 make sad, low in spirits
3. vt. 使跌价; 使萧条 cause prices to be lower

英英释义

Verb:

1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;

   "These news depressed her"
   "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
   

2. lower (prices or markets);

   "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
   

3. cause to drop or sink;

   "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
   

4. press down;

   "Depress the space key"
   

5. lessen the activity or force of;

   "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
   

depress的用法和样例：

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He was depressed by his defeat.
   失败让他沮丧。
2. The thought of having to take the exam again depressed me.
   想到还需重新考试，我就感到沮丧。
3. The rainy days always depress me.
   雨天总是使我沮丧。
4. Depress this button to rewind the tape.
   按下这个按钮倒带。
5. When you depress a key of an organ, a note is sounded.
   你压下一个风琴键，就会听到一个音符响。
6. The threat of war has depressed business activity.
   战争的威胁使经济萧条。
7. Runaway inflation will depress the economy.
   无法控制的通货膨胀将会使经济萧条。
8. High interest rates may depress share prices.
   高利率可以降低股票价格。
9. Does mass unemployment depress the wages?
   大量失业是否降低了工资?
10. It's bad to depress your sorrow.
    压抑内心的悲痛不好。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• depress business 商业萧条
• depress the button 按下按钮
• depress the car market 使汽车市场不景气
• depress one's defeat 使人感到沮丧的失败
• depress the keys of the piano 按下琴键
• depress news 令人忧愁的消息

～+副词

• depress acutely 非常苦恼
• depress drastically〔dreadfully〕 极其忧愁
• depress economically 经济上不景气
• depress particularly 特别萧条

经典引文

• The steel balls..were trapped in grooves until you depressed a..plunger.

  出自： C. Milne

• The weight of the ice-age glaciers depressed the whole Scandinavian area.

  出自： F. Hoyle

depress的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• sadden (使)黯淡
• dishearten 使沮丧
• lower 低的
• discourage 阻碍
• reduce 减少
• demoralize 使士气低落
• dampen (使)潮湿
• deject <古>垂头丧气的...
• sink 下沉
• lessen 减少
• weaken 使 ... 弱，削弱...
• dispirit 使沮丧
• press down 压，垫，把…按下去...
• slow down 减速
• decrease 减少
• push down 下推
• press 按
• push 推
• move downward 下跌
• darken 变暗
• deflate 放气
• oppress 使烦恼
• cloud 云
• raise 上升
• demoralise 使堕落
• dismay 沮丧
• get down 下来
• cast down 扔掉

【反义词】

• elate 使兴奋
• inspire 鼓舞
• encourage 鼓励