depress的意思

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

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

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. 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。

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

• 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

• 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

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。