Depress

(verb.) lessen the activity or force of; 'The rising inflation depressed the economy'.

(verb.) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; 'These news depressed her'; 'The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her'.

(verb.) lower (prices or markets); 'The glut of oil depressed gas prices'.

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• Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The operator at the keyboard would depress the letter A, whereupon the cylinder would in its revolution bring the first-named pin against the key. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Jay Gould at that time controlled the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, and was competing with the Western Union and endeavoring to depress Western Union stock on the Exchange. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• That truth should not comfort the conservative nor depress the radical. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It would depress productive labour, by encouraging too hastily that labour which is altogether barren and unproductive. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• On one occasion Malm saw a young fish raise and depress the lower eye through an angular distance of about seventy degrees. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• By raising up too hastily one species of industry, it would depress another more valuable species of industry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I am not depressed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And is no allowance to be made for inadvertence, or for spirits depressed by recent disappointment? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Much depressed, and, to me, unaccountably so, I slowly descended to the street. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Sergeant Cuff is depressed in his spirits; but Sergeant Cuff is a perfect gentleman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She is depressed, but this confinement perhaps adds to her depression. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and shaken than I had ever seen him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Moreover, there is a sort of unhappiness which not only depresses, but corrodes; and that, I fear, is your portion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The operator next sends the letter M by depressing the appropriate key. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• On the banks of the river Saone it was wet, depressing, solitary; and the night deepened fast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The pointer uses both hands in elevating and depressing the gun. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Serpent, Sir,' repeated Mr. Pott, raising his voice, and then suddenly depressing it: 'I said, serpent, sir--make the most of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I do not know what the effect was on the other side, but assume it must have been correspondingly depressing. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At the South, particularly in Richmond, the effect was correspondingly depressing. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• All this was very depressing. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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