depressed

落ち込んだ、気が沈んだ

とても悲しく、あまり希望を持てない気持ちになっている。

やさしい英語で： Feeling very sad and without much hope.

• I feel depressed today.
• He was depressed about losing his job.
• The bad weather left us all feeling depressed.

使い方： depressed about something (She felt depressed about her exam results.)

類義語： sad, down, dejected

反対語： happy, cheerful

よく使う表現： feel depressed, depressed about something, a little depressed

うつ状態の

悲しみが長く続き、生活への関心が薄れる心の病気を抱えている。

やさしい英語で： Having a mental health condition that causes lasting sadness and loss of interest in life.

• He was diagnosed as clinically depressed.
• She sought treatment after becoming severely depressed.
• People who are depressed may find everyday tasks difficult.

よく使う表現： clinically depressed, severely depressed, become depressed

低迷した、不況の

経済活動が少なく、仕事が不足したり価格が低くなったりしている。

やさしい英語で： Having little business activity, few jobs, or low prices.

• The local economy is depressed.
• House prices remained depressed throughout the year.
• The factory closed in an already depressed region.

類義語： weak, sluggish

反対語： booming

よく使う表現： depressed economy, depressed market, depressed prices

くぼんだ、押し下げられた

周囲の面より低くなっている、または通常の位置から押し下げられている。

やさしい英語で： Lower than the surrounding surface, or pushed down from its usual position.

• Water collected in the depressed area.
• Keep the pedal depressed while changing gear.
• The stone has a slightly depressed center.

類義語： sunken, lowered, recessed

反対語： raised

よく使う表現： depressed area, depressed surface, depressed pedal

簡約された

特定の項をなくして、より簡単な数学的な形に変えられている。

やさしい英語で： Changed to a simpler mathematical form by removing a particular term.

• This is a depressed cubic equation.
• The substitution gives us a depressed quartic.
• A depressed cubic has no squared term.

よく使う表現： depressed cubic, depressed equation, depressed quartic