depress过去分词

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

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。

• 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

• 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

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。