depress的形容词是：depressible。depress的详尽释义是v.(动词)使沮丧，使消沉，使心灰意冷，使失去信心压下，压缩使萧条，使不景气削弱，使衰弱抑制减少，降低，压低，放低【音】降低，下降镇压按，压推下，拉下使跌价。depress的例句是用作及物动词(vt.)He was depressed by his defeat.失败让他沮丧。
一、详尽释义点此查看depress的详细内容
二、词典解释
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。
三、网络解释
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
四、例句
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。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
The steel balls..were trapped in grooves until you depressed a..plunger.
出自：C. MilneThe weight of the ice-age glaciers depressed the whole Scandinavian area.
出自：F. Hoyle七、词语用法
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