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

• 11. Rainy weather always depresses me.
  雨天总会使我心情抑郁。
• 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。
• 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。
• This grey weather depresses me.
  这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。
• State ownership depresses consumption demand.
  国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。