| 词汇 | depress |
| 释义 | depress verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈpres/ us /dɪˈpres/ depressverb[T] (CAUSE SADNESS)to cause someone to feel unhappy and without hope: 使忧郁，使沮丧 This weather depresses me.这种天气让我感到心情忧郁。 it depresses someone to do somethingIt depresses me to think that I'll probably still be doing exactly the same job in ten years' time.想到10年后很可能还在干同样的工作，我就感到非常沮丧。 it depresses someonedoing somethingmainly UKDoesn't it depress you listening to the news these days?这些天的新闻不让你感到沮丧吗？ Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-lacerating self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom tear toxic depressverb[T] (REDUCE)to reduce the value of something in money: depress pricesThe high number of houses for sale is depressing prices. depress earningsThe rise in the value of the dollar has depressed the company's earnings this year. depress profitsSlower economic growth could depress profits. depress the marketA surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market. to reduce the amount of activity in something, especially in business: depress the economyHigh interest rates are continuing to depress the economy.高利率使经济持续萧条。 to lower the level or amount of something: 使降低，使减少 This drug helps depress high hormone levels.这种药物有助于降低荷尔蒙水平。 Price decreases bargain bear market bearishly closeout concessional couponer couponing debase deflate depreciate devalue drop off freeze knock off (something) knock someone down mark something down nosedive overdiscount post-devaluation spiral You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Economics Business - general words Raising and lowering depressverb[T] (PRESS DOWN)formal to press down or lower: 按下，压下 Slowly depress the accelerator/brake pedal.慢慢踩下油门／制动踏板。 Squeezing and grinding compression compressive concertina constrict constriction mash mill nip noncompressible pinch pound presser pulp snap squash squinch squish tamp unground unmilled depress | American Dictionarydepress verb[ T ] us/dɪˈpres/ depressverb[T] (CAUSE UNHAPPINESS)to cause a person to feel unhappy and without hope: Bad weather depresses a lot of people. It depresses me to think about it. depressverb[T] (REDUCE)to reduce the value of something, esp. money, or to reduce the amount of activity in something such as a business operation: A surplus of corn depressed grain prices. depressverb[T] (PRESS DOWN)to press down on something: His finger depressed the stop button. depress | Business Englishdepress verb[ T ] ECONOMICSuk /dɪˈpres/us to reduce the level of something: They maintained that the smoking ban had depressed sales in all their bars. A slow housing market cuts demand and depresses prices for building materials. to reduce the amount of activity in something such as a business, country, or economy: Fear of unemployment has depressed the housing market. Examples of depressdepress This was particularly so for women carers of those with dementia, 47% of whom were depressed compared with 11% of carers of the physically impaired. On finding that the activation of nicotinic receptors seemed to depress visual responses, we proceeded to investigate the mechanism of this effect. But since overproduction of corn has depressed the price of corn for many years, this change could actually benefit farmers economically. In contrast, there is more support for the assumption that broad coalition governments depress efficacy which can discourage voter participation. Neural systems engaged by planning in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in the elderly depressed. A long-term fall in real housing appreciation rates would strongly depress total wealth accumulation and have a smaller impact on retirement cash flows. In case of inhibition due to bacteria, fungal growth was depressed in the vicinity of the bacterial streaks. Total self-esteem score showed significant differences between depressed or remitted groups, with the mean score for hypomanic subjects falling in between. Similarly, some adolescents may have been depressed or apathetic, and hence unwilling to pursue disagreements. That alone is a pretty nice contribution, although inevitably depressing. From these it is concluded that defacto unions are associated with factors that depress fertility. In general, cityward migrants have some interaction with the recipient population and culture or urbanization, which depresses the fertility. Negative moods were represented as 'sad and not exciting', 'it was very dismal', 'very depressing'. A final potential confounding factor in the present study was overall severity of illness in manic versus depressed patients. Moreover, inflation depressed incomes, depriving manufacturers of customers for their efforts and squeezing savings that might have fostered capital growth. See all examples of depress These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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