depress

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To press down.
    — Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
  2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
    — Winter depresses me.
  3. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
    — Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
  4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
  5. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

词形变化

depresses present,singular,third-person depressing participle,present depressed participle,past depressed past

词汇关系

衍生词
depressable depressible depressant depressed depressing depression depressive depressogenic depressoid depressomotor depressor depress the pole immunodepress overdepress prodepressant

词源

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).
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