動(dòng)詞 depress:

1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   同義詞：depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
2. lower (prices or markets)
   同義詞：depress
3. cause to drop or sink
   同義詞：lower, depress
4. press down
   同義詞：press down, depress
5. lessen the activity or force of
   同義詞：depress

形容詞 depressing:

1. causing dejection
   同義詞：blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
2. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom
   同義詞：depressive, gloomy, saddening

1. The test results were very depressing.
   試驗(yàn)的結(jié)果令人很失。
2. A machine designed to product print-like text on paper or similar material as a result of an operator manually depressing keys consecutively on a keyboard.
   一種機(jī)器，操作員連續(xù)按動(dòng)鍵盤上的鍵時(shí)，在紙上或類似的材料上產(chǎn)生類似印刷的正文。
3. Into all the depressing details; suffice it to say that the whole affair was an utter disaster.
   我不必細(xì)說(shuō)那些讓人聽了難受的事，只說(shuō)一句就夠了，整件事是個(gè)慘禍。
4. His pessimism has the effect of depressing everyone.
   他的悲觀情緒感染得大家情緒低落。

de.press.ing

adj.（形容詞）
Causing especially emotional depression.
使情緒低落的：導(dǎo)致（尤指情感的）低落的
Dismal; dreary:
抑郁的；陰沉的：
例句：
a week of rainy, depressing weather.
一星期多雨，陰沉的天氣

【引伸】
depress.ingly
adv.（副詞）