de·press
verb/dɪˈpres/
/dɪˈpres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they depress | /dɪˈpres/ /dɪˈpres/ |
| he / she / it depresses | /dɪˈpresɪz/ /dɪˈpresɪz/ |
| past simple depressed | /dɪˈprest/ /dɪˈprest/ |
| past participle depressed | /dɪˈprest/ /dɪˈprest/ |
| -ing form depressing | /dɪˈpresɪŋ/ /dɪˈpresɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody sad and without enthusiasm or hope
使抑郁；使沮丧；使消沉；使失去信心 - depress somebody Wet weather always depresses me.
阴雨天总使我心情抑郁。 - The prospect of staying single depressed her.
保持单身的前景让她感到沮丧。 - What depresses me most is that I never see you.
最让我沮丧的是我再也见不到你了。 - it depresses somebody to do something It depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.
看到这么多女孩抽烟令我感到很沮丧。
- depress somebody Wet weather always depresses me.
- depress something to make trade, business, etc. less active
使萧条；使不景气 - The recession has depressed the housing market.
经济衰退导致住房市场不景气。
- The recession has depressed the housing market.
- depress something to make the value of prices or wages lower
降低（价格）；减少（工资） - to depress wages/prices
减少工资；降低价格
- to depress wages/prices
- depress something (formal) to press or push something down, especially part of a machine
按，压，推下（尤指机器部件） - to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving)
（开车时）踩离合器踏板
- to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative of deprimere ‘press down’.