depress

US [dɪˈpres]
UK [dɪ'pres]
  • v.压；使抑郁；使沮丧；使消沉
  • Web降低；压下；按下
Simple Present：depresses  Present Participle：depressing  Past Tense：depressed  

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depress
v.
1.
使抑郁；使沮丧；使消沉；使失去信心to make sb sad and without enthusiasm or hope
Wet weather always depresses me.
阴雨天总使我心情抑郁。
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。
2.
~ sth
使萧条；使不景气to make trade, business, etc. less active
The recession has depressed the housing market.
经济衰退导致住房市场不景气。
3.
~ sth
降低（价格）；减少（工资）to make the value of prices or wages lower
to depress wages/prices
减少工资；降低价格
4.
~ sth
按，压，推下（尤指机器部件）to press or push sth down, especially part of a machine
to depress the clutch pedal(= when driving)
（开车时）踩离合器踏板

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1.
Most anesthetic drugs depress the breathing stimulus, and the anesthesiologist must be prepared to support the patient's breathing.
大多数的麻醉药抑制呼吸，麻醉医师必须准备为患者提供呼吸支持。
dà duō shù de má zuì yào yì zhì hū xī , má zuì yī shī bì xū zhǔn bèi wèi huàn zhě tí gōng hū xī zhī chí 。
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2.
It could further depress China's falling growth rate just as Beijing is rolling out a multibillion-dollar plan to boost consumer spending.
这也将使中国一直下降的增长率雪上加霜，虽然同时北京已经出台了一项数亿元的计划以刺激消费。
zhè yě jiāng shǐ zhōng guó yì zhí xià jiàng de zēng zhǎng lǜ xuě shàng jiā shuāng , suī rán tóng shí běi jīng yǐ jīng chū tái le yī xiàng shù yì yuán de jì huà yǐ cì jī xiāo fèi 。
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3.
and that because they are prepared to work harder for less pay they will depress the wages of those at the bottom of the pile.
由于他们准备更加努力地工作，要求的工资却更低，他们将降低底层民众的工资。
yóu yú tā men zhǔn bèi gèng jiā nǔ lì de gōng zuò , yāo qiú de gōng zī què gèng dī , tā men jiāng jiàng dī dǐ céng mín zhòng de gōng zī 。
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4.
but it had no other effect upon Dora tha to depress her spirits, and make her always nervous with the dread that it would be her turn next.
但它在朵拉身上，除了让她精神沮丧，总是因害怕下一个就轮到她而紧张之外，没有别的效果。
dàn tā zài duǒ lā shēn shàng , chú le ràng tā jīng shén jǔ sàng , zǒng shì yīn hài pà xià yī gè jiù lún dào tā ér jǐn zhāng zhī wài , méi yǒu bié de xiào guǒ 。
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and she would have grudged such an elevation to one whom she had been always trying to depress.
她不想让一个她一直想压制的人受此抬举。
tā bù xiǎng ràng yī gè tā yì zhí xiǎng yā zhì de rén shòu cǐ tái ju 。
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She had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre in her blood, enough to make her comatose and depress her respiratory system.
其血液内每分升含有416毫克酒精，这足以使她昏迷不醒，抑制其呼吸系统。
qí xuè yè nèi měi fēn shēng hán yǒu sì bǎi yī shí liù háo kè jiǔ jīng , zhè zú yǐ shǐ tā hūn mí bù xǐng , yì zhì qí hū xī xì tǒng 。
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The results show that this algorithm effectively detects edges of regular images and depress the edges of the others.
实验结果表明，本文提出的算法可以有效地检测规则图像的边缘，抑制复杂纹理区域的边缘。
shí yàn jié guǒ biǎo míng , běn wén tí chū de suàn fǎ kě yǐ yǒu xiào de jiǎn cè guī zé tú xiàng de biān yuán , yì zhì fù zá wén lǐ qū yù de biān yuán 。
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To his depress, he never get the better of their quarrels.
令他沮丧的是，他们吵架他从未占过上风。
lìng tā jǔ sàng de shì , tā men chǎo jià tā cóng wèi zhàn guò shàng fēng 。
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Jen argues that this flood of petrodollars will depress global interest rates and support the price for risky assets over time.
任永力认为，这麽庞大的“油元”资金将压抑全球利率，长期而言将支撑高风险资产的价格。
rén yǒng lì rèn wéi , zhè mó páng dà de " yóu yuán " zī jīn jiāng yā yì quán qiú lì lǜ , cháng qī ér yán jiāng zhī chēng gāo fēng xiǎn zī chǎn de jià gé 。
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The weight of a deltaic pile of sediment may be so great as to depress the earth's crust, thus forming a moat around the depocentre.
三角洲沉积物堆积的重量可以大到使地壳下沉的程度，因此在沉积中心周围形成一条深沟。
sān jiǎo zhōu chén jī wù duī jī de zhòng liàng kě yǐ dà dào shǐ dì qiào xià chén de chéng dù , yīn cǐ zài chén jī zhōng xīn zhōu wéi xíng chéng yī tiáo shēn gōu 。