depress
- v. 使沮丧
- v. 压低
- v. 削弱
- Definition
- v. to make someone feel sad
- v. to lower or reduce something
- v. to weaken something
- Example
- Bad weather can sometimes depress people during the long winter months.
- 在漫长的冬季里，糟糕的天气有时会让人情绪低落。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to make someone feel unhappy or upset (verb).
比较义项：使人感到不快、沮丧（动词）。
- dismay
Stresses sudden shock combined with disappointment at an unexpected setback; typically used in the passive ('was dismayed') or with a specific surprising event.
强调对意外挫折感到震惊并失望，通常用被动语态（was dismayed）或针对某个具体的突发事件。
She was dismayed to discover that the flight had been cancelled without notice.
她惊讶地发现，航班在没有任何事先通知的情况下被取消了。
- depress 本词
Describes causing a lasting low mood or sadness, often with impersonal causes like weather, news or circumstances, with no element of surprise.
表示造成持续的情绪低落或悲伤，常与天气、消息、境况等非人为原因搭配，不含意外、震惊的意味。
Long stretches of grey weather can depress people who dislike winter.
长期阴沉的天气会让不喜欢冬天的人感到情绪低落。
Dismay and depress both mean to cause a bad feeling. Dismay means to shock and disappoint someone with an unexpected event, often as 'was dismayed'. Depress means to cause a lasting low mood, often from impersonal causes like weather or news, without surprise.
这两个词都能表示让人产生负面情绪，但情境不同：dismay 强调因意外之事而感到震惊和失望，往往针对具体的突发情况；depress 强调造成持续的情绪低落，常与天气、消息等非人为原因搭配，不含意外、震惊的意味。
Compared meaning: to make something go down (verb).
比较义项：降低、减少（动词）。
- lower
General everyday verb for making something go down — voice, price, temperature, a flag; used in casual, concrete contexts.
日常通用动词，表示使某物变低——如声音、价格、温度、旗帜；用于口语化、具体的语境。
Could you lower your voice? People are trying to study.
你能把声音放低一点吗？大家在学习呢。
- depress 本词
More formal; mainly used with economic or quantitative nouns like prices, wages or demand, not with concrete everyday objects like a voice; also often means to make someone sad, a separate sense not covered here.
更为正式，主要用于经济或数量类名词，如价格、工资或需求，而不用于声音等具体日常事物；depress还常表示使人沮丧，这一义项本卡片不作比较。
Weak consumer demand continued to depress prices throughout the recession.
疲软的消费需求持续压低了整个衰退期间的价格。
Lower and depress both mean to make something go down. Lower is the everyday verb, used for voice, price, temperature, or a flag. Depress is more formal, used with economic words like prices, wages, or demand. Depress can mean to make someone sad, not compared.
这两个词在“降低、减少”这一意义上相近，但lower是日常通用词，可用于声音、价格、温度等各种具体或抽象事物；depress语气更正式，多用于经济或数量类语境（如价格、工资、需求），不用来说“压低声音”。这里不比较depress“使人沮丧”这一常见义项。