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词汇 depressing
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Definition of depressing in English:

depressing

adjectivedɪˈprɛsɪŋdəˈprɛsɪŋ
  • 1Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

    令人沮丧的,情绪低落的,抑郁的

    that thought is too depressing for words

    那想法让人压抑得无法形容。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's also makes for a dingy, depressing way to live.
    • It was almost as if the pair of eyes were telling him a story, a depressing story where no words were needed to be said nor heard.
    • The world would be a very gloomy and depressing place if there was no hope.
    • Our changing cultural climate has replaced the traditional image of boys with a bleaker and more depressing picture.
    • That feeling of dejection could be very depressing for a child if he is not able to establish a relationship he wants.
    • The toasty fire nearby sent a yellow and orange glow to their skin, lighting up the otherwise dark and depressing room.
    • The two scenes matched in the bleak, depressing colour, but after that, they were a world apart.
    • Why couldn't he leave me to my miserable depressing, but completely productive thoughts?
    • Against such a depressing backdrop, teaching children ‘the magic word’ and the golden rule seems hopeless.
    • Walking around the town centre last Saturday was a miserable, depressing experience.
    • The walls were of a depressing dark wood paneling with bookshelves aligning them.
    • For today was equally as depressing and miserable as the last ten months.
    • Gone are the dark depressing corners, the walled off open areas and the brick bin stores.
    • Letters from my family are sort of depressing, though sometimes my cousins write a few words that makes me laugh.
    • However, although the specter of death hovers over the entire film, it is neither a grim nor a depressing experience.
    • We were in the middle of the dark, depressing island winter, you got up in the dark and returned from work in the dark for months on end.
    • He had no intention to go to her funeral, to endure a depressing ceremony just to say parting words of love that he had already given her while she still lived.
    • The series's triumph is in making a depressing premise funny, while never losing sight of the grim reality beneath the laughs.
    • Neither is this exhibition especially depressing or gloomy.
    • But despite this grim subject matter it is not a depressing play.
    Synonyms
    upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking, heart-rending, dispiriting, disheartening, discouraging, demoralizing
    dismal, bleak, black, sombre, gloomy, grave, unhappy, melancholy, sad, saddening
    wretched, doleful
    daunting, disenchanting, unfavourable
    informal morbid, blue
    archaic dejecting
    rare distressful, lachrymose
    gloomy, bleak, dreary, grim, drab, sombre, dark, dingy, funereal, miserable, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, uninviting
    literary drear
  • 2Causing a damaging reduction in economic activity.

    造成萧条的

    the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market

    抵押贷款利率提高会造成房产市场的萧条。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For most of the first and second republics, copper was the mainstay of the economy until a sharp decline in its price on the international market begun to have a depressing effect.
    • This is despite the fact that no account has been taken of the potentially depressing impact on economic activity and revenue buoyancy of their tax raising proposals.
    • Higher interest rates, and the threat of further rises, have had a depressing effect on the market.
    • This new demand is expected to outweigh the depressing effect on prices of western supermarket groups.
    • To the contrary, sharply slower consumer spending is essentially exerting the opposite effect of depressing income growth.
    • Record oil prices (in nominal terms) will likely have a depressing effect on growth over the medium term.
    • An increase in the interest rate or the appreciation of the dollar had a depressing effect on agriculture.
    • Yes, it is having a depressing effect on the price, but that's the consequence of a requirement of public honesty.
    • Higher rates also have a strong depressing effect on securities prices, as we have seen in the past year.
    • The faster prices are expected to decline, the greater will be the depressing effect on investment.
    • That has to have a depressing effect upon all wages.
    • In both cases, there are depressing effects on other sectors as well.
    • Indeed, high unemployment in France has had the effect of depressing pay.
    • It is easy to see why a fall in interest rates has a magnified effect in Anglo-American economies, and when rates are rising there is a significant depressing effect.
    • By doing this they will set in motion a depressing effect on economic activity some time in the future - more than likely in 12 months or so time.
    • These can all have a depressing effect on local industry.
    • This had a thoroughly depressing impact on the world economy.

Definition of depressing in US English:

depressing

adjectivedəˈpresiNGdəˈprɛsɪŋ
  • 1Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

    令人沮丧的,情绪低落的,抑郁的

    that thought is too depressing for words

    那想法让人压抑得无法形容。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our changing cultural climate has replaced the traditional image of boys with a bleaker and more depressing picture.
    • It's also makes for a dingy, depressing way to live.
    • He had no intention to go to her funeral, to endure a depressing ceremony just to say parting words of love that he had already given her while she still lived.
    • The two scenes matched in the bleak, depressing colour, but after that, they were a world apart.
    • Against such a depressing backdrop, teaching children ‘the magic word’ and the golden rule seems hopeless.
    • Neither is this exhibition especially depressing or gloomy.
    • The toasty fire nearby sent a yellow and orange glow to their skin, lighting up the otherwise dark and depressing room.
    • The world would be a very gloomy and depressing place if there was no hope.
    • The series's triumph is in making a depressing premise funny, while never losing sight of the grim reality beneath the laughs.
    • The walls were of a depressing dark wood paneling with bookshelves aligning them.
    • Why couldn't he leave me to my miserable depressing, but completely productive thoughts?
    • For today was equally as depressing and miserable as the last ten months.
    • Walking around the town centre last Saturday was a miserable, depressing experience.
    • It was almost as if the pair of eyes were telling him a story, a depressing story where no words were needed to be said nor heard.
    • But despite this grim subject matter it is not a depressing play.
    • Gone are the dark depressing corners, the walled off open areas and the brick bin stores.
    • We were in the middle of the dark, depressing island winter, you got up in the dark and returned from work in the dark for months on end.
    • That feeling of dejection could be very depressing for a child if he is not able to establish a relationship he wants.
    • However, although the specter of death hovers over the entire film, it is neither a grim nor a depressing experience.
    • Letters from my family are sort of depressing, though sometimes my cousins write a few words that makes me laugh.
    Synonyms
    upsetting, distressing, painful, heartbreaking, heart-rending, dispiriting, disheartening, discouraging, demoralizing
    gloomy, bleak, dreary, grim, drab, sombre, dark, dingy, funereal, miserable, cheerless, joyless, comfortless, uninviting
    1. 1.1 Causing a damaging reduction in economic activity.
      造成萧条的
      the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market

      抵押贷款利率提高会造成房产市场的萧条。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is easy to see why a fall in interest rates has a magnified effect in Anglo-American economies, and when rates are rising there is a significant depressing effect.
      • This had a thoroughly depressing impact on the world economy.
      • To the contrary, sharply slower consumer spending is essentially exerting the opposite effect of depressing income growth.
      • Yes, it is having a depressing effect on the price, but that's the consequence of a requirement of public honesty.
      • These can all have a depressing effect on local industry.
      • An increase in the interest rate or the appreciation of the dollar had a depressing effect on agriculture.
      • The faster prices are expected to decline, the greater will be the depressing effect on investment.
      • That has to have a depressing effect upon all wages.
      • Indeed, high unemployment in France has had the effect of depressing pay.
      • By doing this they will set in motion a depressing effect on economic activity some time in the future - more than likely in 12 months or so time.
      • In both cases, there are depressing effects on other sectors as well.
      • This is despite the fact that no account has been taken of the potentially depressing impact on economic activity and revenue buoyancy of their tax raising proposals.
      • Record oil prices (in nominal terms) will likely have a depressing effect on growth over the medium term.
      • For most of the first and second republics, copper was the mainstay of the economy until a sharp decline in its price on the international market begun to have a depressing effect.
      • Higher rates also have a strong depressing effect on securities prices, as we have seen in the past year.
      • Higher interest rates, and the threat of further rises, have had a depressing effect on the market.
      • This new demand is expected to outweigh the depressing effect on prices of western supermarket groups.
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