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)
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  1. VERB 使抑郁;使沮丧;使消沉
    If someone or something depresses you, 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。
  2. VERB 降低;减少
    If something depresses prices, 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。
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双语例句

  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. Bad weather depresses me.
    坏天气使我感到郁闷。
  3. The rainy season always depresses me.
    雨季总使我沮丧。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 11. Rainy weather always depresses me.
    雨天总会使我心情抑郁。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. Wet weather always depresses me.
    我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. A sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep.
    减少中枢神经系统的活动并且降低忧虑引起镇静促进睡觉的药。
  16. A rise in oil prices depresses the car market.
    油价上涨导致汽车市场不景气。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. The inflow of foreigners from the new Europe Union accession states makes life cheaper for middle-class taxpayers, but depresses the wages of some workers already here.
    来自欧盟（EU）新成员国的外国人降低了中层纳税人的生活成本，但也压低了已经在英国的部分工人的工资。
  20. 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
  21. 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。
  22. 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；
  23. 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。
  24. State ownership depresses consumption demand.
    国家所有权抑制了消费需求。
  25. This grey weather depresses me.
    这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。
  26. 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。
  27. Something in the economy goes to excess, and the "correction" depresses production, jobs and incomes.
    经济体中某些东西过度了，然而这个“矫正”却降低了生产量，工作以及收入。
  28. 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。
  29. The engine is restarted as soon as the driver depresses the clutch pedal to select a gear.
    司机踩下离合器踏板，发动机是立刻重新启动，以选择一个齿轮。
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