depressive

depressive
adjective
  1. causing feelings of hopeless despondency and dejection
    令人泄气的,令人抑郁的
    ■(Medicine)relating to or tending to suffer from clinical depression
    (医)抑郁症的
    a depressive illness.
    抑郁症。
    ■causing a reduction in strength, effectiveness, or value
    (对强度、效力或价值)削弱的,使衰退的
    steroids have a depressive effect on the immune system.
    类固醇对免疫系统有削弱作用。
noun
  1. (Medicine)a person suffering from or with a tendency to suffer from depression
    (医)抑郁症患者;有患抑郁症倾向者
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from French dépressif, -ive or medieval Latin depressivus, from depress- 'pressed down', from the verb deprimere (see depress)
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