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

• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• Cerebral lymphatic blockage depresses cerebral perfusion pressure and the reactivity of basilar artery to acetylcholine after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
  脑淋巴引流阻滞降低实验性蛛网膜下腔出血后脑灌注压和基底动脉对乙酰胆碱的反应性
• 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。
• 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。
• State ownership depresses consumption demand.
  国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
• If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me;
  若人的称赞叫我得意，人的责备叫我沮丧；
• His central argument is that ageing depresses asset prices.
  他的中心论点是：人口的老龄化压低了房产的价格。
• It depresses me to see all that time being wasted.
  看到所有的时间都白白浪费使我灰心丧气。
• Wet weather always depresses me.
  我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。
• The high saving rate depresses the cost of capital, making it cheap to invest in new capacity.
  高储蓄率会压低资本成本，使投资新产能变得廉价。