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. 镇压
9. 按，压
10. 推下，拉下
11. 使跌价

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

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"
   

1.使抑郁;使沮丧;使消沉
If someone or somethingdepresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.

e.g. 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。
e.g. I know he is too optimistic but I don't want todepress him.
我知道他太过乐观了，但我不想令他灰心丧气。

2.降低;减少
If somethingdepresses prices, wages, or figures, it causes them to become less.

e.g. The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
美元走强导致销售额下降。

1. 降低,压下：depredation 劫掠,抢夺 |depress 降低,压下 | deprive 剥夺

2. depress

2. 压低：depredation 掠夺 |depress 压低 |depressant 抑制药

3. 压下：195. latch circuit 锁存电路 | 196.depress 压下 | 197. flip-flop 触发器

He was depressed by his defeat.

失败让他沮丧。

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。

The rainy days always depress me.

雨天总是使我沮丧。

depress this button to rewind the tape.

按下这个按钮倒带。

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。

The threat of war has depressed business activity.

战争的威胁使经济萧条。

Runaway inflation will depress the economy.

无法控制的通货膨胀将会使经济萧条。

High interest rates may depress share prices.

高利率可以降低股票价格。

Does mass unemployment depress the wages?

大量失业是否降低了工资?

It's bad to depress your sorrow.

压抑内心的悲痛不好。

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。

The recession has depressed the housing market.

经济衰退导致住房市场不景气。

to depress wages'/prices

减少工资；降低价格

to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving) .

（开车时）踩离合器踏板

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。

The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.

美元走强导致销售额下降。

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。

Objective To evaluate the incidence of depress in hemodia lysis and peritoneal dialysis uremia patients.

目的评价进行血液透析和腹膜透析治疗的尿毒症患者抑郁症的发病情况.

Can hematic depress take rock candy?

血压低可以吃冰糖 吗 ?

Does mass unemployment depress wages?

大量人口失业会使工资降低 吗 ?

Bone marrow hyperplasia was depress, the fat cells become more and more increases . 2.

骨髓组织增生减低, 脂肪细胞增多、增大.

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.

Hold container upright . depress and spray directly into mouth for a quick and easy breath refresher.

将樽身垂直,向口腔按下喷咀,可即时令口气回复清新.

Cannot the person of hematic depress drink chrysanthemum tea?

血压低的人不能喝菊花茶 吗 ?

It was showed that rape grown calcareous soil would depress Mn toxicity due to the teste.

对湖北省的主要旱地土壤种植多茬作物后油菜生产锰毒的原因进行了研究.

Both the monomer and the polymer network will depress phase transition temperatures.

不同的液晶态可通过控制铁电液晶的温度来获得.

Can the person of hematic depress eat agaric?

血压低的人能吃黑木耳 吗 ?

depress AND HOLD THE BRAKE PEDAL, WITH THE DRB , ACTUATE THE LEFT REAR HYDRAULIC.

蹋下并保持刹车踏板,用DRB引动左后液压.

If the tire size is incorrect, depress the Enter key and then select the correct size.

如果轮胎尺寸不对, 按回车键,然后选择正确尺寸.

Runaway inflation will depress the economy.

无法控制的通货膨胀将会使经济萧条.

All of these may momentarily depress profits or market value.

所有这些都有可能暂时造成利润或者市场价值的减少.

The resultant selling pressure can depress prices, increasing the returns available to arbitrage investors.

作为卖压的结果,价格走低, 为套期投资者带来增长的回报.

The risk that those foreclosures will depress prices further may keep some potential buyers sidelines.

这些止赎房屋将进一步压低价格的风险可能会让一些潜在买家持观望态度.

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.

These effects of deflation depress the economy further, which leads to more deflation, and so on.

这些通货紧缩的效应进一步抑制经济, 从而导致更多的紧缩.

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The little girl depressed the button.
   这个小女孩按下按钮。
2. He depressed the keys of the piano with all of his feeling.
   他带着所有的情感按下琴键。
3. Bad weather depresses me.
   坏天气使我感到郁闷。
4. His defeat in the last cross-country race depressed him.
   他在上一次越野赛中的失败使他感到沮丧。
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5. When the business is depressed, there is usually an increase in unemployment.
   当商业萧条时,通常失业就会增加。
6. His mother was depressed by the sad news.
   这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

其他

1. The newspaper is full of depressing news.
   报纸上尽是令人忧愁的消息。

～+名词

• depress%20business">depress business商业萧条
• depress%20the%20button">depress the button按下按钮
• depress%20the%20car%20market">depress the car market使汽车市场不景气
• depress%20one%27s%20defeat">depress one's defeat使人感到沮丧的失败
• depress%20the%20keys%20of%20the%20piano">depress the keys of the piano按下琴键
• depress%20news">depress news令人忧愁的消息

～+副词

• depress%20acutely">depress acutely非常苦恼
• depress%20drastically%E3%80%94dreadfully%E3%80%95">depress drastically〔dreadfully〕极其忧愁
• depress%20economically">depress economically经济上不景气
• depress%20particularly">depress particularly特别萧条

• 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

v.(动词)

1. depress的基本意思是“压下”“推下”“拉下”,指以压力或超重使某物下降。引申可指人因身体或精神原因而“颓唐”“使愁苦”“使沮丧”,侧重于体力减少或某器官功能减弱; 指其他事物如市场价格、社会或文化状况等时,侧重活动力减少,即“使不活泼”“使跌价”“使萧条”等。
2. depress是及物动词,通常接由名词或代词充当的简单宾语。
3. depress的过去分词depressed可用作形容词,在句中作表语; 现在分词depressing则常用作定语。

v.(动词)

depress, oppress, weigh

这组词都可表示“对某物或某人施加压力或重负,令其在重压下倒塌或沮丧”。其区别是：

1.weigh在结果或降低的程度上比depress弱,但更侧重困难或负重,常和down, on或upon连用。

2.depress指以压力或超重使某物下降,也指因身体原因或精神原因而颓唐,侧重于体力减少或某器官功能减弱,指其他事物时,侧重活动力减少。例如:

The little girl depressed the button.这个小女孩按下按钮。

Bad weather depresses me.坏天气使我感到郁闷。

His defeat in the last cross-country race depressed him.他在上一次越野赛中的失败使他感到沮丧。

3.oppress即像weigh一样强调重负,也像 depress一样强调结果。