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depressing adj.令人沮丧的动词depress的现在分词. (1) 唉，结论是令人沮丧的。 If a friend acts as if something is depressing him, you might ask, "What's bringing you down?" In fact depress comes from the Latin word depremere, meaning "to press down." Depressing things make you feel like your spirits are low or your heart is heavy. Something depressing weighs you down, just as something happy tends to boost you or make you feel like you are flying high.

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英 [dɪ'presɪŋ] 美 [dɪ'presɪŋ] (1) The conclusion, alas, is depressing. Depressing things make you feel sad or inadequate, possibly because they serve as reminders of weaknesses or defects. For example, it can be depressing to be around a happy family when all your relatives are fighting with each other. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人抑郁的；使人沮丧的；让人消沉的 Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed. Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month.我很想 2 月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。depressinglyIt all sounded depressingly familiar to Janet.对珍妮特来说，这一切听起来熟悉得叫人丧气。

英语单词	depressing
英美音标	英 [dɪ'presɪŋ] 美 [dɪ'presɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.令人沮丧的动词depress的现在分词.
英语例句	(1) The conclusion, alas, is depressing.
中文例句	(1) 唉，结论是令人沮丧的。
vocabulary简明	Depressing things make you feel sad or inadequate, possibly because they serve as reminders of weaknesses or defects. For example, it can be depressing to be around a happy family when all your relatives are fighting with each other.
vocabulary扩展	If a friend acts as if something is depressing him, you might ask, "What's bringing you down?" In fact depress comes from the Latin word depremere, meaning "to press down." Depressing things make you feel like your spirits are low or your heart is heavy. Something depressing weighs you down, just as something happy tends to boost you or make you feel like you are flying high.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人抑郁的；使人沮丧的；让人消沉的 Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed. Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing... 昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。 I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month. 我很想 2 月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。 depressingly It all sounded depressingly familiar to Janet. 对珍妮特来说，这一切听起来熟悉得叫人丧气。

Depressing Feel Make Things Sad Happy 英 Dɪ'Presɪŋ] 美