單詞
depress
英 [d?'pres]
美[d?'pr?s]
基本信息
- vt. 壓抑；使沮喪；使蕭條
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?depresses;過(guò)去式:?depressed;過(guò)去分詞:?depressed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?depressing;
中文詞源
depress 使抑郁，沮喪
de-, 向下。press, 壓，壓制。即壓制，引申詞義抑郁，沮喪。
英文詞源
- depress
- depress: see press
- depress (v.)
- early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The rainy days always depress me.
- 雨天總是使我沮喪.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. I know he is too optimistic but I don't want to depress him.
- 我知道他太過(guò)樂(lè)觀了，但我不想令他灰心喪氣。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. When you depress a key of an organ, a note is sounded.
- 你壓下一個(gè)風(fēng)琴鍵, 就會(huì)聽(tīng)到一個(gè)音符響.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Small doses depress salivary and bronchial secretion and sweating.
- 小劑量可抑制唾液分泌、支氣管分泌及出汗.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Some medicines depress the action of the heart.
- 有些藥物會(huì)減弱心臟的功能.
來(lái)自辭典例句
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