depress

英 [dɪ'pres] 美 [dɪ'pres]

• vt. 使沮丧；压下；使萧条；降低；压抑

双解释义

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

详尽释义

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. <废>镇压
9. 按，压
10. 推下，拉下
11. 使跌价

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He was depressed by his defeat.
   失败让他沮丧。
2. 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。
3. The rainy days always depress me.
   雨天总是使我沮丧。
4. Depress this button to rewind the tape.
   按下这个按钮倒带。
5. 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。
6. The threat of war has depressed business activity.
   战争的威胁使经济萧条。
7. Runaway inflation will depress the economy.
   无法控制的通货膨胀将会使经济萧条。
8. High interest rates may depress share prices.
   高利率可以降低股票价格。
9. Does mass unemployment depress the wages?
   大量失业是否降低了工资?
10. It's bad to depress your sorrow.
    压抑内心的悲痛不好。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

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。
1
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。

经典引文

• 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

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

～+副词

• 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

词语用法

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。

词义辨析

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• sadden (使)黯淡
• dishearten 使沮丧
• lower 低的
• discourage 阻碍
• reduce 减少
• demoralize 使士气低落
• dampen (使)潮湿
• deject <古>垂头丧气的...
• sink 下沉
• lessen 减少
• weaken 使 ... 弱，削弱...
• dispirit 使沮丧
• press down 压，垫，把…按下去...
• slow down 减速
• decrease 减少
• push down 下推
• press 按
• push 推
• move downward 下跌
• darken 变暗
• deflate 放气
• oppress 使烦恼
• cloud 云
• raise 上升
• demoralise 使堕落
• dismay 沮丧
• get down 下来
• cast down 扔掉

【反义词】

• elate 使兴奋
• inspire 鼓舞
• encourage 鼓励