Translations for „depress“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

depress [dıˈpres] VB trans

1. depress:

depress

压下 yāxià

depress

按下 ànxià

depress a button

按下按钮

2. depress:

depress

使沮丧 shǐ jǔsàng

depress

使消沉 shǐ xiāochén

3. depress:

depress

使萧条 shǐ xiāotiáo

depress

使跌价 shǐ diējià

Usage examples with depress

depress a button

按下按钮

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A plunger lock is opened with a key but can be closed by merely depressing the body of the lock.

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Additionally, overproduction was depressing the profitability of the agriculture industry.

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His second wife soon died as well, depressed due to her daughters' early deaths.

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The pessimistic mood was further depressed in 2011 following the great earthquake and tsunami.

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Losing the ability to read and to observe nature plagued and depressed him, leading him to voluntarily starve himself to death.

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However, where labor was more abundant or market conditions depressed, estate owners paid lower wages.

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Another is that any material that depresses the top layer over a small area works well.

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Nearly level but slightly depressed below the surrounding soils.

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They had a maximum elevation of 15 and could depress to 2.

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The base of the shell is flat, somewhat depressed around the middle, finely concentrically lirate and radiately striate.

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