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depress /di'pres; di'prts/ vt [VP6A] 1 press, push or pull down: 壓下; 推卞; 拉下： to ~ a lever/ the keys of a piano. 魅下杠榨(鋼琴鍵)。 t—ed 'classes, classes of people who are prevented from rising, or unable to rise, socially or economically, eg by a rigid caste system. 受壓迫的階級(jí); 下層階級(jí)之人民(社會(huì)或經(jīng)濟(jì)地位不能提高之人，如因受?chē)?yán)格的階級(jí)制度所限制者)。 2 make sad, low in spirits: 使愁苦; 使沮喪： Wet weather always ~es her. 雨天值匝她愁苦。 The newspapers are full of ~ing news nowadays, eg of war, crime, natural disasters, rising prices. 報(bào)紙如今充滿了令人憂愁的消息(例如戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，犯罪，天災(zāi)，物價(jià)上漲)。 3 make less active; cause (prices) to be lower: 使不活潑; 使跌價(jià); 使蕭條： When business is ~ed there is usually an increase in unemployment. 當(dāng)商業(yè)蕭條時(shí)，通常失業(yè)就會(huì)增加。 i ~ed 'area, part of a country where industry is ~ed (with consequent poverty and unemployment).! 商業(yè)蕭條(結(jié)果造成貧窮和失業(yè))的地區(qū)。 |