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

• Wet weather always depresses me.
  我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。
• Financial crises are ultimately deflationary because they create a rise in the demand for cash that depresses aggregate demand at a time when substantial excess capacity exists.
  金融危机最终都会导致通缩，因为它们造成了现金需求量上升，在存在大量过剩产能的情况下，压低了总体需求。
• A rise in oil prices depresses the car market.
  油价上涨导致汽车市场不景气。
• 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。
• The fall in investment depresses planned expenditure, which in turn depresses income.
  投资的下降压制了计划的支出，并进而降低了收入。
• 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。
• State ownership depresses consumption demand.
  国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
• When we worry alone we risk losing touch with reality, becoming paralyzed in worry, making bad decisions, and even getting sick, as toxic worry depresses immune function.
  当我们独自担心时，我们可能会与现实失去联系，变得为担心焦头烂额，做出糟糕的决定，甚至生病，让有害的担忧压垮了免疫功能。
• 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。
• It holds down the growth of wages rates and it depresses employment.
  它阻碍了工资率增长，抑制了就业。