depressing

adj.

1. 令人抑郁的；令人沮丧的；令人消沉的
   making you feel very sad and without enthusiasm
   1. a depressing sight/thought/experience
      令人沮丧的景象 / 想法 / 经历
   2. Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.
      如今求职有时会令人非常沮丧。

1. ADJ-GRADED 令人抑郁的;使人沮丧的;让人消沉的
   Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
   1. Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...
      昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。
   2. I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month.
      我很想 2 月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。

1. All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.
   总之，等待琼斯的似乎是一个相当令人沮丧的夏天。
2. Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing
   昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。
3. I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month.
   我很想2月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。
4. The rest of the day's activities often seemed drab or depressing.
   一天的剩余时光好像常常是乏味或令人沮丧的。
5. He always woke with a sense of deep sorrow and depressing loss.
   他醒来时总是满怀哀愁，抑郁惆怅。
6. The one ray of sunlight in this depressing history is her meeting and falling in love with Martin.
   在这段阴郁的时期，遇到并爱上马丁成为她唯一的一丝慰藉。
7. The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
   题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。
8. Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.
   艾丽斯·芒罗以文风沉郁闻名。
9. It says much for Brookner's skill that the book is sad, but never depressing.
   这本书笔调忧伤，却并不令人沮丧，这很能说明布鲁克纳超群的写作技巧。
10. Living in Bootham these days can be depressing
    如今住在布萨姆会让人心情抑郁。
11. When will the rain ever stop? how depressing!
    雨下个不停，真叫人烦闷。
12. The film is rather depressing.
    这部影片气氛比较压抑。
13. Alec sighed heavily, as if this scene were depressing him.
    亚历克沉重地叹了口气，好像这一席话令他很沮丧。
14. That's the really scary and depressing thing.
    这是一件非常可怕和令人沮丧的事情。
15. I don't watch the news because I find it too depressing.
    我不看新闻节目，因为我觉得它太让人沮丧了。
16. But this would be a depressing conclusion.
    但这将是一个令人沮丧的结论。
17. Without challenges life would be very boring and depressing.
    生活中如果缺少挑战，那么它一定会是非常无聊和压抑的。
18. I don't.It's depressing and it's wet.
    我不喜欢下雨。既压抑又潮湿。
19. It's depressing to have someone always finding fault with you.
    有人总是给你挑毛病，这让人感到很沮丧。
20. There's nothing more depressing than looking at a rich kid's money line.
    没有什么比看着一个富有的孩子的上限更让人丧气了。
21. Pessimism is depressing to endure and after awhile you will find it dragging down your mood.
    要忍受悲观主义令人郁闷，而且过了一会儿，你会发现它在将你的心情拖下去。
22. Filth and high prices have combined to make London and other cities depressing places to live in.
    污秽和物价上涨使伦敦和其他城市成了令人压抑的地方。
23. I find the hopelessness of the situation very depressing.
    我发现处境的绝望令人十分沮丧。
24. I find his cynicism rather depressing.
    我觉得他玩世不恭的态度很压抑。
25. I came across an old friend in changed circumstances. A miserable or depressing place or situation.
    我遇到了一位境遇变化了的老友。
26. I told you it's a depressing place.
    我跟你说那是个郁闷的地方。
27. It's depressing to think that you may never work again.
    想到你可能永不再工作了，令人感到沮丧。
28. I don't like to define my work as a daily routine, that can be very depressing.
    我不喜欢把我的工作定义为日常惯例，这太令人沮丧了。
29. That is the depressing conclusion from a growing body of research on the aftermath of big financial busts.
    对金融大萧条的后果越来越多的研究得出了这个令人沮丧的结论。
30. It is reasonable that its depressing and gloomy sense may result from the stormy and dull life at sea.
    这是合理的，它压抑和悲观的感觉可能是由于暴雨和枯燥的海上生活。

  gloomy cheerless depressing【导航词义：阴郁的】

  gloomy adj. 阴郁的；阴暗的

〔辨析〕指人因认为情况不会好转而感到沮丧的，也指天气、房间等阴森森的。

  cheerless adj. 沉闷的，阴郁的

〔辨析〕指天气、地方、时期等令人不快乐的。

  depressing adj. 令人沮丧的

〔辨析〕指令人感到非常抑郁及忧愁的。

adj

1. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
   1. the economic outlook is depressing
   2. something cheerless about the room
   3. a moody and uncheerful person
   4. an uncheerful place

   Synonym:    cheerlessuncheerful