- 1aB2
/dɪˈpresɪŋ/
Making you feel very sad, as if there is nothing good happening and nothing good to look forward to.
令人沮喪的
核心畫面
Picture something pressing down on you from above: after you read it, watch it, or hear it, your mood sinks and there seems to be nothing good ahead. The word points at the thing doing the pressing, not at the person being pressed — news, weather, or numbers are depressing; the person they weigh on ends up depressed.
可以想成有東西從上面往下壓：看完、聽完之後心整個往下沉，前面也看不到什麼值得期待的事。這個字指的是那個往下壓的東西本…更多收起
可以想成有東西從上面往下壓：看完、聽完之後心整個往下沉，前面也看不到什麼值得期待的事。這個字指的是那個往下壓的東西本身，而不是被壓的人——新聞、天氣、數字是 depressing，被它壓著的人則是 depressed。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
depressingadj/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/
- 1
Causing depression or sadness.
- The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
- 2
Causing a reduction in economic activity.
- The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。