depress

verb

/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/

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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.单身的前景令她沮丧。
- 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 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。
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
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
Topics Engineeringc2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative of deprimere ‘press down’.