喜樂美語
  1. 1v/dɪˈpres/make someone sad使沮喪

    To make someone feel very sad and low, especially so that they feel nothing good will happen and they cannot change things.

    「depress」的主詞通常是「事情」，不是人：讓你心情往下沉的那件事才是主詞（The news depressed me），而不是你 depress 自己。它比 upset（難過想哭）更持久、更無力，帶有「看不到出口」的感覺；用 depress 而不用 make me sad，等於在說這股低落是拖了一陣子、自己使不上力的那種。常見句型是 It depresses me that...。要形容人的狀態用 depressed（I feel depressed），形容事情用 depressing（a depressing film）。

    示範例句 · Example

    The thought of taking the test again depressed Leo.

    中文翻譯要再考一次那個測驗的想法使里歐沮喪。

    常見搭配

    • it depresses me that

      …這件事讓我很低落

      used to say what makes you feel low

      It depresses me that the park is closing.

    • really depress somebody

      讓人非常低落

      to make someone feel very low

      Those long grey afternoons really depress me.

    • deeply depressing

      極為令人沮喪的

      making you feel very sad indeed

      The ending of the film was deeply depressing.

    • the thought of something depresses somebody

      一想到…就低落

      just thinking about something makes you feel low

      The thought of moving again depressed her.

  2. 2v/dɪˈpres/slow an economy down使不景氣

    To make an economy, a market, or an industry less active and less successful than it usually is.

    這個 depress 用在經濟上：讓市場、產業或整個經濟「動不起來」——買的人變少、生意變差、成長停下來。主詞通常是某個因素（高利率、天災、封路），受詞是 the economy、the market、demand。相關名詞 depression 指嚴重又拖很久的不景氣，比 recession（衰退）更重。它跟第一個意思共用同一個畫面：把東西往下壓。

    常見搭配

    • depress the economy

      使經濟低迷

      to make an economy less active

      High costs can depress the economy for years.

    • depress demand

      壓抑需求

      to make people buy less

      The new fee depressed demand almost at once.

    • a depressed economy

      低迷的經濟

      an economy that is not active or successful

      A depressed economy makes it harder to find work.

    • economically depressed

      經濟蕭條的

      with too little business activity and too few jobs

      Economically depressed areas will get extra funding.

  3. 3v/dɪˈpres/press down (button or pedal)按下

    正式To push a part of a machine, such as a button, a pedal, or a key, .

    這是 depress 最字面的意思：把按鈕、踏板或琴鍵往下壓。它被標為正式用法，幾乎只出現在說明書、操作手冊和技術文件裡；日常講話會說 press the button 或 push the pedal down。看到 depress 出現在機器旁邊，就知道那是說明書的語氣，跟心情完全無關。這個意思裡 de-（往下）加 press（壓）看得最清楚。

    常見搭配

    • depress the clutch

      踩下離合器

      to push the clutch pedal down

      Depress the clutch fully before you change gear.

    • depress a button

      按下按鈕

      to push a button down

      Depress the button and hold it for three seconds.

    • depress the pedal

      踩下踏板

      to push a foot pedal down

      Depress the pedal slowly until the motor starts.

    • depress a key

      按下琴鍵或按鍵

      to push a key on a keyboard or piano down

      Depress the key on the far left for the lowest note.

    意思相近

    presspushhold down

    意思相反

    releaselift

  4. 4v/dɪˈpres/lower prices or wages壓低

    正式To make prices, , or values go down, or to keep them lower than they would otherwise be.

    這個 depress 的受詞是數字：價格、工資、股價、房價。它講的是「把數字往下壓」或「讓數字上不去」，主詞通常是某個原因，例如高利率、供應太多、需求變弱。它是正式用法，常出現在財經新聞。跟第二個意思（壓住整個經濟）差在範圍：這裡壓的是具體的價錢，那裡壓的是整體的活動。

    常見搭配

    • depress prices

      壓低價格

      to make prices go down or stay low

      A large harvest can depress prices for months.

    • depress wages

      壓低工資

      to keep pay lower than it would otherwise be

      The report says the change could depress wages.

    • depress share prices

      壓低股價

      to make the value of shares fall

      High interest rates may depress share prices.

    • further depress

      進一步壓低

      to push something down even more

      Falling demand further depressed prices.

    意思相近

    lowerreducedrive downhold down

    意思相反

    raiseboostinflatepush up

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

depressverb/dɪˈpɹɛs/

  • 1

    To press down.

    • Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
    • As to the fireman, the sight of him at work, swinging round with his shovelful of coal and at the same moment lightly depressing his right heel and so working the pedal which causes the steam-operated firedoors to open like magic in front of the shovel, was always a pleasure.
  • 2

    To make depressed, sad or bored.

    • Winter depresses me.
  • 3

    economicssciencesTo cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

    • Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
    • Russia claims the proportion of the grain that went to the very poorest countries was less than 4%, but this ignores the fact that even if wealthier countries were buying the wheat, the extra supply was depressing the general price all countries were paying.
  • 4

    To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).

  • 5

    mathematicssciencesTo reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

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