vt.使沮喪；壓下；使蕭條；降低；壓抑

He was depressed by his defeat. 失敗讓他沮喪。

The thought of having to take the exam again depressed me. 想到還需重新考試，我就感到沮喪。

The rainy days always depress me. 雨天總是使我沮喪。

Depress this button to rewind the tape. 按下這個(gè)按鈕倒帶。

When you depress a key of an organ, a note is sounded. 你壓下一個(gè)風(fēng)琴鍵，就會(huì)聽到一個(gè)音符響。

The threat of war has depressed business activity. 戰(zhàn)爭的威脅使經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條。

Runaway inflation will depress the economy. 無法控制的通貨膨脹將會(huì)使經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條。

High interest rates may depress share prices. 高利率可以降低股票價(jià)格。

Does mass unemployment depress the wages? 大量失業(yè)是否降低了工資?

It's bad to depress your sorrow. 壓抑內(nèi)心的悲痛不好。

depress的基本意思是“壓下”“推下”“拉下”,指以壓力或超重使某物下降。引申可指人因身體或精神原因而“頹唐”“使愁苦”“使沮喪”,側(cè)重于體力減少或某器官功能減弱; 指其他事物如市場價(jià)格、社會(huì)或文化狀況等時(shí),側(cè)重活動(dòng)力減少,即“使不活潑”“使跌價(jià)”“使蕭條”等。

depress是及物動(dòng)詞,通常接由名詞或代詞充當(dāng)?shù)暮唵钨e語。

depress的過去分詞depressed可用作形容詞,在句中作表語; 現(xiàn)在分詞depressing則常用作定語。