depress /diˈpres/ vt. 1. 压下，拉下：The little girl depressed the button.这个小女孩按下按钮使2. 沮丧；使萧条：That first day at school depressed me.上学第一天使我心情沮丧。A rise in oil prices depresses the car market.石油价格的上涨使汽车市场不景气。
depressed adj.（人）沮丧的，消沉的；（地方，经济活动）萧条的，衰退的：You mustn’t let yourself get depressed. You mustn’t let yourself get depressed. She’s terribly depressed about losing her job.她为失去工作感到极为沮丧。I was depressed by our lack of progress.我们没有取得什么进展，我感到很沮丧［考句］When business is depressed, there is usually an obvious increase in unemployment.经济萧条时，失业率往往会大幅上升。
