depressing

気が滅入る、憂鬱な

悲しくなったり、希望が持てなくなったりする。

やさしい英語で： Making you feel sad or without hope.

• The news is depressing.
• We watched a depressing film last night.
• It is depressing to see so many empty shops.

使い方： find something depressing (I find these dark winter mornings depressing.)

類義語： sad, discouraging, disheartening

反対語： cheerful, uplifting

よく使う表現： depressing news, depressing thought, depressing film

景気を抑制する

経済活動、支出、生産を減少させる。

やさしい英語で： Making business activity, spending, or production decrease.

• The policy had a depressing effect on trade.
• High borrowing costs exert a depressing influence on demand.
• The report describes the economically depressing consequences of the crisis.

使い方： depressing effect on something (Higher taxes had a depressing effect on investment.)

類義語： contractionary

反対語： stimulating

よく使う表現： depressing effect, economically depressing, depressing influence

下げる、押し下げる

物を下へ動かしたり、より低い水準にしたりする。

やさしい英語で： Making something move down or fall to a lower level.

• She is depressing the brake pedal.
• The machine starts by depressing this button.
• Falling demand is depressing house prices.

使い方： be depressing something (Cheap imports are depressing prices.)

類義語： lowering, pressing down

反対語： raising

よく使う表現： depressing the pedal, depressing a button, depressing prices