"depress" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使沮喪
• 使降低 (水平或價值)

Definition

讓某人感到非常悲傷或絕望；也可以指降低某物，比如水平、價值或價格。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式場合，尤其是醫學、經濟領域，表示情緒低落或降低某物。在日常對話中，一般會說“讓...難過”，較少直接用“depress”。

Examples

Cold weather can depress people's moods.

寒冷的天氣會**使**人們心情低落。

A bad economy can depress wages.

糟糕的經濟會**使**工資降低。

Hearing sad news can depress you.

聽到壞消息會**讓你沮喪**。

Don't let one failure depress you for long—everyone makes mistakes.

不要讓一次失敗**讓你沮喪太久**—每個人都會犯錯。

Press this button gently to depress it and start the machine.

輕輕按下此按鈕即可**壓下**並啟動機器。

Rising interest rates could depress the housing market this year.

利率上漲可能會**抑制**今年的房市。