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

• 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
• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• Wet weather always depresses me.
  我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。
• This grey weather depresses me.
  这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。
• 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；
• State ownership depresses consumption demand.
  国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Something in the economy goes to excess, and the "correction" depresses production, jobs and incomes.
  经济体中某些东西过度了，然而这个“矫正”却降低了生产量，工作以及收入。