0 to cause someone to feel unhappy and without hope -- 使憂鬱，使沮喪
1 to reduce the value of something, especially money -- 使貶值，使降價
A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market/grain prices. 玉米過剩促使糧食價格下降。
The rise in the value of the dollar has depressed the company's earnings/profits this year. 今年美元升值導致該公司營業額／利潤降低。
High interest rates are continuing to depress the economy. 高利率使經濟持續蕭條。
This drug helps depress high hormone levels. 這種藥物有助於降低荷爾蒙水準。
2 to press down or lower -- 按下，壓下
Slowly depress the accelerator/brake pedal. 慢慢踩下油門／刹車踏板。
This was particularly so for women carers of those with dementia, 47% of whom were depressed compared with 11% of carers of the physically impaired.
Among the subjects who were depressed in the initial interview, 34% had recovered, 39% were depressed and 27% were dead.
On finding that the activation of nicotinic receptors seemed to depress visual responses, we proceeded to investigate the mechanism of this effect.
But since overproduction of corn has depressed the price of corn for many years, this change could actually benefit farmers economically.
In contrast, there is more support for the assumption that broad coalition governments depress efficacy which can discourage voter participation.
Neural systems engaged by planning in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in the elderly depressed.
A long-term fall in real housing appreciation rates would strongly depress total wealth accumulation and have a smaller impact on retirement cash flows.
In case of inhibition due to bacteria, fungal growth was depressed in the vicinity of the bacterial streaks.
