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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This grey weather depresses me.
  这种阴沉的天气使我感到没精神。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A rise in oil prices depresses the car market.
  油价上涨导致汽车市场不景气。
• 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。
• 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。