depresses

英 [dɪˈpresɪz]

美 [dɪˈpresɪz]

v.  使抑郁; 使沮丧; 使消沉; 使失去信心; 使萧条; 使不景气; 降低(价格); 减少(工资)
depress的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使抑郁;使沮丧;使消沉
  If someone or somethingdepressesyou, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  1. 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。
  2. I know he is too optimistic but I don't want to depress him.
     我知道他太过乐观了，但我不想令他灰心丧气。
• VERB 降低;减少
  If somethingdepressesprices, wages, or figures, it causes them to become less.
  1. The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
     美元走强导致销售额下降。

双语例句

• The engine is restarted as soon as the driver depresses the clutch pedal to select a gear.
  司机踩下离合器踏板，发动机是立刻重新启动，以选择一个齿轮。
• A sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep.
  减少中枢神经系统的活动并且降低忧虑引起镇静促进睡觉的药。
• 11. Rainy weather always depresses me.
  雨天总会使我心情抑郁。
• 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。
• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• Alcohol poisoning can be fatal as alcohol depresses the organ systems of birds.
  乙醇中毒可致命的，因为酒精会抑制鸟类器官系统。
• Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy world and escape in them.
  现实真让人沮丧。我想找一个神奇的世界，然后逃离这里。
• When the driver depresses the pedal the fluid is forced out to each slave cylinder and operates their pistons.
  当驾驶员将踏板踏下去时，液体被压出流向各辅助缸，推动各辅助缸的活塞。
• There is a vicious cycle of poverty that prevents poor communities being able to pay for treatment, coupled with endemic malaria that depresses economies in the communities most affected.
  这儿存在一个恶性循环即贫困阻止了贫穷地区购买治疗物品的能力，与此相配的是当地的疟疾又最大程度的摧毁了当地的经济。
• This grey weather depresses me.
  这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。