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

• Financial crises are ultimately deflationary because they create a rise in the demand for cash that depresses aggregate demand at a time when substantial excess capacity exists.
  金融危机最终都会导致通缩，因为它们造成了现金需求量上升，在存在大量过剩产能的情况下，压低了总体需求。
• 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。
• The inflow of foreigners from the new Europe Union accession states makes life cheaper for middle-class taxpayers, but depresses the wages of some workers already here.
  来自欧盟（EU）新成员国的外国人降低了中层纳税人的生活成本，但也压低了已经在英国的部分工人的工资。
• It depresses me to see all that time being wasted.
  看到所有的时间都白白浪费使我灰心丧气。
• The rainy season always depresses me.
  雨季总使我沮丧。
• When the driver depresses the pedal the fluid is forced out to each slave cylinder and operates their pistons.
  当驾驶员将踏板踏下去时，液体被压出流向各辅助缸，推动各辅助缸的活塞。
• Poverty depresses most people; in the case of my father it was otherwise.
  贫穷使大多数人垂头丧气，至于我父亲，却不一样。
• Bad weather depresses me.
  坏天气使我感到郁闷。
• 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。
• His central argument is that ageing depresses asset prices.
  他的中心论点是：人口的老龄化压低了房产的价格。