depress

• vt.落ち込ませる；憂鬱にさせる；憂鬱にさせる

de-,下へ...を押しつける,抑制するすなわち、抑制する；暗に、抑圧する、抑圧する。

depress

depress: see press

depress (v.)

early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser, from Late Latin depressare, frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878. Related: Depressed; depressing.

1. The rainy days always depress me.

雨の日はいつも私をがっかりさせます.

2.I know he is too optimistic but I don 't want to depress him.

彼が楽観的すぎるのは知っていますが、私は彼をがっかりさせたくありません。

3.When you depress a key of an organ，a note is sounded.

オルガンキーを押すと音が聞こえます。

4.Small doses depress salivary and bronchial secretion and sweating.

少量で唾液分泌、気管支分泌、発汗を抑制できる。

5.Some medicines depress the action of the heart.

心臓の機能を弱める薬もある。