depress
/dɪˈpres/
v.
一句话记住
使沮丧;使抑郁;压低;使萧条
释义与例句
v.
使沮丧;使抑郁
to make someone feel very unhappy and without hope
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The constant rain began to depress everyone in the camp.
持续不断的雨开始让营地里的每个人都感到沮丧。
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It depresses him to see so much food being wasted.
看到这么多食物被浪费,他感到很沮丧。
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The bleak news depressed her for the rest of the day.
这个令人沮丧的消息让她难过了大半天。
v.
压低;使萧条
to reduce the value or level of something, or to make economic activity weaker
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An oversupply of oil could depress global prices.
石油供应过剩可能压低全球价格。
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High interest rates may depress investment in housing.
高利率可能会抑制住房投资。
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The long recession depressed wages across the region.
长期经济衰退压低了整个地区的工资水平。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
区分 depressed(人感到沮丧)和 depressing(事令人沮丧);经济语境中 depress prices/wages 表示“压低”。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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depression 抑郁;萧条;沮丧depression 可指心理健康问题、持续低落的情绪,也可指经济大萧条。
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depressed 抑郁的;沮丧的;萧条的depressed 多描述人的情绪,也可描述经济或地区不景气。
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depressing 令人沮丧的depressing 描述令人情绪低落的事物,如 depressing news。
同义词
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sadden 使悲伤;使难过depress 强调使人陷入持续低落、无望的情绪,也可用于压低价格或经济;sadden 仅指令人悲伤,通常由具体事件引起,不含经济用法。The news of her departure saddened the whole team. 她离开的消息让整个团队都很难过。
常见搭配
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feel depressed 感到沮丧Many people feel depressed when they are isolated for long periods. 许多人长期独处时会感到沮丧。
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depress prices 压低价格Cheap imports have depressed prices in the domestic market. 廉价进口商品压低了国内市场价格。
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deeply depressing 极其令人沮丧的The documentary paints a deeply depressing picture of life in the camp. 这部纪录片描绘了营地生活中极其令人沮丧的景象。