A depressant is a drug or other substance that slows your body down. Heart, breathing, and thinking all get quieter; you may feel calm, heavy, or sleepy.

A depressant is a drug or other substancedepressant指的是一種藥物或物質 that slows your body down會讓你的身體變慢。Heart, breathing, and thinking all get quieter心跳、呼吸、思考都會變得比較安靜；you may feel calm, heavy, or sleepy你可能會覺得平靜、沉重，或想睡。

Alcohol is a depressant, even though some people feel lively after a drink at first — that lift is short, and the slowing comes after.

Alcohol is a depressant酒精就是一種depressant，even though some people feel lively after a drink at first雖然有些人喝了第一口之後反而覺得興奮——that lift is short那種興奮是短暫的，and the slowing comes after之後身體就會慢下來。

Doctors set depressants against stimulants, which speed you up.

Doctors set depressants against stimulants醫生會把depressant拿來跟stimulant相對看待，which speed you upstimulant是會讓你變快的那一類。

This is a medical word about the body’s systems, not the everyday “this weather is depressing.” A depressant does not have to make you sad; it makes processes slower. Though actually, mixing two depressants (drink plus some sleeping pills, for example) can slow breathing enough to be dangerous — that is why doctors warn so hard.

This is a medical word about the body’s systems這是描述身體系統的醫學用字，not the everyday “this weather is depressing.”不是日常說的「這天氣讓人心情低落」那種depressing。A depressant does not have to make you saddepressant不一定會讓你難過；it makes processes slower它只是讓身體的運作變慢。Though actually不過其實，mixing two depressants把兩種depressant混在一起，(drink plus some sleeping pills, for example)比如酒加上一些安眠藥，can slow breathing enough to be dangerous可能會讓呼吸慢到很危險的地步——that is why doctors warn so hard這就是為什麼醫生會特別警告。