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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• 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；
• 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。
• Moreover, lightweight parcels of books and CDs command low prices and competition further depresses yields.
  另外，书籍和光盘等重量较轻物品的快递费用较低，同行间的竞争也进一步压缩了利润。