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

• 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。
• State ownership depresses consumption demand.
  国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
• On the other hand, it depresses the euro, which makes US exports less competitive in a crucial market.
  另一方面，它将压低欧元汇率，降低美国出口商品在一个关键市场上的竞争力。
• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• Poverty depresses most people; in the case of my father it was otherwise.
  贫穷使大多数人垂头丧气，至于我父亲，却不一样。
• Many companies are paying out more in debt service charges than they are taking in profits as deflation depresses the prices of the products that they produce.
  许多企业要偿还的债务利息比它们的利润还多，因为通缩压低了它们产品的价格。
• 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。
• 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。
• This grey weather depresses me.
  这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。
• Wet weather always depresses me.
  我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。