depress

verb

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

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。

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。
3. The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
   美元走强导致销售额下降。
4. China is slowing, which is likely to depress interest rates further.
   中国经济正在放缓，这很可能进一步抑制利率。
5. The simulation results show that the system can depress the overshoot and improve the response and steady state performance.
   仿真结果表明该调速系统能有效地抑制超调现象，提高系统的响应速度和稳态性能。
6. I was so sad to realized the fact that I am depress for tiny and very minor things.
   我非常遗憾地意识到其实我压抑是为小和非常轻微的东西。
7. Low interest rates on rank deposits depress saving and encourage the hold of physical assets.
   银行存款的低利率减少了储蓄，鼓励人们持有实物资产。
8. Expanding the source of raw material should also depress the price of petroleum.
   原料来源的扩展同样会对石油价格起到抑制作用。
9. Even so, the mere threat that they could be shifted will depress wages.
   即使如此，单就他们可能被转移的威胁就足以降低工资水平。
10. The obscure purport came from author's depress mental experience and life's dilemma.
    这种意旨模糊缘于作者对苦闷的心理体验和对人生困境的思考。
11. But Mr Bernanke may explain how high commodity prices can depress the economy, and prices.
    但伯南克也许会解释，大宗商品价格高企将会如何抑制物价和经济增长。
12. The gloomier sentiment surrounding manufacturing demand for raw materials helped depress commodity prices and related stocks.
    围绕制造业原材料需求的更悲观情绪，打压了大宗商品及相关股票的价格。
13. Motor fuel also accounts for a larger share of Americans'spending, so falling prices will depress inflation by more.
    汽油又在美国人的开支中占较大比例，因此价格下跌对通胀也就有更大的向下压力。
14. That may depress prices further.
    这可能会进一步压低股价。
15. Every economics student learns that higher interest rates depress growth by curbing borrowing and spending.
    每一个经济学专业的学生都学到过，更高的利率由于约束了借贷和消费，结果抑制了经济的增长。
16. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.
    没有足够的市场来吸收用于再循环的回收材料，实际上放弃了利用使用过的材料来降低价格。
17. If I depress this button, it would deploy a weapon more deadly than yours.
    如果我按下这个按钮，就会出来一个比你的更致命的武器。
18. The ends have two flanges that allow you to easily depress the spring to install or remove.
    两端有两个法兰盘，让您轻松地抑制弹簧安装或删除。
19. In order to depress the noise, a lock-in differential conductance measurement system is designed.
    为了抑制噪声的影响，应用交流技术开发了有更高精度的锁相微分电导测量系统。
20. The cost of servicing that debt would depress future growth.
    支付债务利息所产生的成本将拖累未来的增长。
21. Does mass unemployment depress wages?
    大量人口失业会使工资降低吗？
22. A person replied me "you are too old to do it", then I was starting being depress.
    一个人回答我：“你太老了，这样做”，然后我开始受到抑制。
23. Large arrivals at this time would depress prices.
    在这个时候大量到货会将价格压低。
24. There is also some psychological evidence that Monday mornings depress us, too.
    还有一些心理学证据显示，周一的早晨也会使我们感到压抑。
25. In circular fashion, this could serve to depress even further the prices of securities in this bankrupt company.
    在循环的时尚中，这会进一步导致这家破产公司证券价格的下跌。
26. Further budget cuts would further depress economic activity, reducing tax revenues and worsening the debt-to-GNP ratio.
    进一步削减预算会进一步抑制经济活动，从而减少税收，导致债务与国民生产总值（gnp）的比率更为恶化。
27. They help to depress auction prices.
    这有助于压低能源资产的拍卖价格。
28. Drugs that depress sympathetic nervous activity frequently reduce BP in patients with primary hypertension.
    抑制交感神经活性的药物可以降低原发性高血压病人的血压。
29. I am depress due to I always worry about the safety of my children.
    我很压抑，由于我总是担心我的孩子们的安全。

  depress discourage dishearten【导航词义：使沮丧】

  depress v. 使沮丧，使抑郁

〔辨析〕指使人心情不好、不高兴。

  discourage v. 使泄气，使灰心

〔辨析〕指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。

  dishearten v. 使沮丧，使灰心

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。

verb

1. lessen the activity or force of
   1. The rising inflation depressed the economy

2. press down
   1. Depress the space key

   Synonym:    press down

3. cause to drop or sink
   1. The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir

   Synonym:    lower

4. lower someone's spirits
   1. These news depressed her
   2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

   Synonym:    dejectcast downget downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

5. lower (prices or markets)
   1. The glut of oil depressed gas prices