depress，动词，使忧郁、使沮丧、使贬值、使降价、使萧条、使减少、按下、压下……
如：
The rainy season always depresses me.使萧条雨季总是让我感到沮丧。
He got depressed and began to let things slide.他意气消沉，得过且过。
depression，名词：忧郁、沮丧，抑郁症……depression 可以表示精神上的抑郁、经济上的衰退、地理上的塌陷。
例：
（1）She suffered from severe depression after losing her job. 她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
（2）the great Depression of the 1930s 20世纪30年代的经济大萧条
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oppression 名词 n.
1.
压迫,压制
the social,economic and religious oppressions
社会的、经济的和宗教的压迫
2.
压抑;沉闷 depression 名词 n.
1.
沮丧,意气消沉[
The trip to the seashore brought her out of her depression.到海边旅行使她不再抑郁.
2.
不景气,萧条(期)
He lost his job during the great depression.他在大萧条时期失业了.
3.
凹地,洼地
Water filled the depressions in the ground.地上的坑里积满了水.
4.
低气压
A depression usually brings bad weather.
低气压往往带来坏天气.
5.
压低;降低,下沉repression名词 n.
1.
抑制,压制;镇压;制止
They wanted to fight all forms of injustice and repression.
