downer

downer
noun
(informal)(非正式)

(一般作 downers)a depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate
抑制药，镇静药（尤指巴比妥类药物）
a dispiriting or depressing experience or factor
令人沮丧的经历（或因素）
the thought of the danger his son was in put something of a downer on the situation.
想到他儿子面临的危险让他多少觉得情况有些令人沮丧。
■a period of consistent failure
不断的失利（或挫折），一再遇挫
Birmingham City are on a real downer.
伯明翰队的确是一再遇挫。
a cow or other animal which has fallen down and cannot get to its feet unaided
卧地不起的病畜

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