New words:

depress/dɪˈpres/
v. 动词

使抑郁;使消沉;使情绪低落
抑制;压低;使(价格、经济)不景气

详细词源拆解:

前缀 de-(向下)+ press(按压)
字面义 “向下按压”;
引申两层含义:情绪被压低 → 使沮丧;数值、物价被压低 → 抑制、降低。

词汇家族

depress (v. 使沮丧;压低)
→ depressed (adj. 感到沮丧的;萧条的)
→ depressing (adj. 令人压抑的)
→ depression (n. 抑郁;萧条;洼地)

必记高频搭配

depress one’s mood 使某人心情低落

The bad news depresses everyone in the class.

depress prices 压低物价

Too much supply will depress the price of fruit.

depressed (adj. 令人感到低落的)

I am depressed after watching the depressing movie.

depressing (adj. 事物令人压抑的)

The depressing story depresses all readers.

depression (n. 低落情绪,萧条)

He fell into deep depression after losing the game.

关键使用提醒

  1. 区分两类形容词(考试高频考点)

    depressed → 修饰人,表示 “感到沮丧的”
    depressing → 修饰事物,表示 “令人压抑的”
  2. 及物动词用法:直接接人 / 物作宾语,无需加介词

    Sad songs depress her.
    悲伤的歌曲让她心情低落。
  3. 经济类词义阅读常考:depress the economy 使经济萧条
  4. 名词 depression 多义:情绪抑郁、经济大萧条、地面洼地。

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