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
(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
early 17th cent.: from French dépressif, -ive or medieval Latin depressivus, from depress- 'pressed down', from the verb deprimere (see depress)