depressing

[US]/dɪˈpresɪŋ/
[UK]/dɪ'prɛsɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 令人憂愁的,使人沮喪的
adv. 令人憂愁地,使人沮喪地
n. 壓抑,鬱悶
Word Forms
現在分詞depressing

Example Sentences

Laundromat is really depressing.

自助洗衣店真悶。

that thought is too depressing for words.

那想法讓人壓抑得無法形容。

a week of rainy, depressing weather.

一星期多雨,陰沉的天氣

the depressing urban blight that lies to the south of the city.

城市南區令人沮喪的貧民區。

You paint a depressing picture of your childhood!

你把你的童年描繪得很壓抑!

the mortgage rate increase will have a depressing effect on the housing market.

抵押貸款利率提高會造成房產市場的蕭條。

After the depressing events of the last few months, Mina felt that it was time to put a little joie de vivre back into their lives.

經歷了前幾個月許多令人沮喪的事情,麥娜覺得現在該小小地享受一下生活了。

Real-world Examples

Well, most things in life are. Sober's depressing.

人生大多如此。清醒讓人沮喪。

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

It can be very, very depressing.

可能會非常非常令人沮喪。

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American October 2022 Collection

I guess calling it a depression was just too depressing.

我猜叫它大蕭條實在是太讓人沮喪了。

Source: Economic Crash Course

Geez. You've managed to make picking a baby name depressing.

天啊。你給孩子取名字這件事都變得讓人抑鬱了。

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

But I'm not in the mood for anything depressing.

但我對這種壓抑類的電影沒興趣。

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

In a week it will be something really depressing...Iike a Baby Gap.

再過一個禮拜 就變成嬰兒用品連鎖店。

Source: Selected Electronic Love Letters

That was depressing. I just bought a pretzel...

真令人沮喪 剛纔賣硬麪包給我的。

Source: Friends Season 3

All that empty white space is depressing.

空空蕩蕩的冰箱會讓人心情沮喪。

Source: Weight loss and slimming spoken English.

Get the blinds. Open the blinds. This room is depressing.

弄弄窗簾。把窗簾打開,這房間死氣沉沉的。

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

Alec sighed heavily, as if this scene were depressing him.

亞歷克沉重地嘆了口氣,好像這一席話令他很沮喪。

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

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