Depressed - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Make (something) active or operative.

Примеры использования:

Fumes from cooking are enough to activate the alarm

verb

To cause something to start working

Примеры использования:

Something activated the car alarm.

verb

To make something start working or happening

Примеры использования:

New customers must call an automated line to activate their card., the move will activate a clause …

verb

Cause (a machine or device) to operate.

Примеры использования:

The pendulum actuates an electrical switch

verb

To make a machine work or be the reason a person acts in a certain way

Примеры использования:

A detonator is actuated by heat, percussion, friction, or electricity., he was actuated almost enti…

noun

The headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached.

Примеры использования:

Grooms came at once to take the bridles

verb

Put a bridle on (a horse).

Примеры использования:

Five horses, saddled and bridled, were tied by the reins to branches of trees

noun

A set of leather straps that are put around a horse's head to allow its rider to control it

verb

Reduce the price of.

Примеры использования:

The depreciation of the dollar would cheapen us exports

verb

To make someone or something seem less valuable and less deserving of respect

Примеры использования:

What the author hates about forgeries is that they cheapen true art.

verb

To reduce the price

Примеры использования:

This has had the effect of cheapening uk exports.

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Примеры использования:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Примеры использования:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

adjective

Having an outline or surface that curves inwards like the interior of a circle or sphere.

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Concave lenses

adjective

Curved inward

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A concave lens

adjective

Curving in

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A concave lens

adjective

Sad and disappointed.

Примеры использования:

He came back empty-handed and crestfallen

adjective

Disappointed and sad because of having failed unexpectedly

Примеры использования:

He looked crestfallen at their decision.

noun

A check or restraint on something.

Примеры использования:

Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing

verb

Variant spelling of kerb.

noun

A stone edging to a pavement or raised path.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Примеры использования:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Примеры использования:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

adjective

In a very weakened and infirm state.

Примеры использования:

A debilitated patient

verb

Make (someone) very weak and infirm.

Примеры использования:

He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset

verb

Past simple and past participle of debilitate

Примеры использования:

Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.

verb

Let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).

Примеры использования:

He deflated one of the tyres

verb

To allow air or gas to escape from within a container

Примеры использования:

[ t ] when the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit., [ t ] the allegations defl…

verb

When an economy deflates or is deflated, prices fall and there is a reduction in wages and government spending, and low levels of growth

Примеры использования:

The chancellor will have to keep rates high and deflate the economy to keep the lid on prices and f…

adjective

Sad and depressed; dispirited.

Примеры использования:

He stood in the street looking dejected

verb

Make sad or dispirited; depress.

Примеры использования:

Nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or lacking hope

Примеры использования:

William felt dejected because he had sprained his ankle and had to sit out the game.

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.

Примеры использования:

The general strike had demoralized the trade unions

verb

To weaken the confidence of someone

Примеры использования:

The team was tired and thoroughly demoralized.

verb

To make someone or something feel much less confident

Примеры использования:

Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team.

verb

Mark with a dent.

Примеры использования:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

noun

A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.

Примеры использования:

There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door

noun

A reduction in amount or size.

Примеры использования:

He has barely made a dent in the poverty rate

verb

Diminish in value over a period of time.

Примеры использования:

The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year

verb

To cause something to lose value, esp. over time

Примеры использования:

Malawi’s currency was rapidly depreciating., the dollar’s depreciation will lead to higher inflatio…

verb

When a company depreciates an asset, such as a piece of equipment, it reduces its value in its accounts over a certain length of time

Примеры использования:

Machine tools are typically depreciated over seven years., the government allowed the currency to d…

adjective

Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.

Примеры использования:

The charity cares for destitute and deprived children

verb

Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.

Примеры использования:

The city was deprived of its water supplies

adjective

Lacking something that is needed to live the way most people live

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He took pictures in deprived areas of the city.

adjective

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Примеры использования:

She grew more and more despondent

adjective

Unhappy and discouraged because you feel you are in a situation that is unlikely to improve

Примеры использования:

He grew increasingly despondent when his paintings failed to sell.

adjective

Unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm

Примеры использования:

He became/grew increasingly despondent when she failed to return his phone calls., despondent about…

adjective

Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.

Примеры использования:

The charity cares for destitute children

adjective

Without money, possessions, or any of the things needed to live

Примеры использования:

These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the destitute flood victims.

adjective

Without money, food, a home, or possessions

Примеры использования:

During the global economic crisis many people were left destitute., poverty and destitution are wid…

verb

Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.

Примеры использования:

I resent the way people seem to devalue my achievement

verb

To reduce the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another

Примеры использования:

It caused a major crisis when the pound was devalued., the banking system was in trouble before the…

verb

To reduce the rate at which money can be exchanged for foreign money

Примеры использования:

Last year mexico was forced to devalue the peso.

verb

Deprive of strength and vigour.

Примеры использования:

Technological progress has given enormous power to humanity, but at the cost of devitalizing the sp…

verb

If body tissue is devitalized, it is weak or no longer living, for example because of disease or injury

Примеры использования:

Devitalize tissue the wound is cleaned, and all dirt and loose devitalized tissue is removed., mali…

verb

If food is devitalized, it has been prepared or treated in a way that removes most or all of its nutrients (= natural substances that are needed for good health)

Примеры использования:

White bread and white rice have had their germ and bran removed and they are also devitalized and e…

verb

Deprive of strength and vigour.

Примеры использования:

Technological progress has given enormous power to humanity, but at the cost of devitalizing the sp…

verb

If body tissue is devitalized, it is weak or no longer living, for example because of disease or injury

Примеры использования:

Devitalize tissue the wound is cleaned, and all dirt and loose devitalized tissue is removed., mali…

verb

If food is devitalized, it has been prepared or treated in a way that removes most or all of its nutrients (= natural substances that are needed for good health)

Примеры использования:

White bread and white rice have had their germ and bran removed and they are also devitalized and e…

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

adjective

(of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.

Примеры использования:

Disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed

verb

Put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.

Примеры использования:

The pension scheme tends to disadvantage women

adjective

Not having the standard of living conditions, education, etc. that most people have

Примеры использования:

A new educational programme has been set up for economically disadvantaged children.

adjective

Very unhappy and unable to be comforted.

Примеры использования:

She left fritz looking disconsolate

adjective

Extremely sad and disappointed

Примеры использования:

The players were disconsolate after losing what should have been an easy game.

noun

A deduction from the usual cost of something.

Примеры использования:

Rail commuters get a discount on season tickets

verb

Deduct an amount from (the usual price of something).

Примеры использования:

A product may carry a price which cannot easily be discounted

noun

A reduction in the usual price

Примеры использования:

Give someone a discount they usually give you a discount if you buy multiple copies., discount on t…

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

Примеры использования:

Tedious regulations could discourage investors

verb

To cause someone to feel less confident or less hopeful

Примеры использования:

She sometimes got discouraged about her social life, which was going nowhere, she felt., we tried t…

verb

To make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something

Примеры использования:

The thought of how much work she had to do discouraged her.

verb

Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Примеры использования:

The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

verb

To make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy

adjective

Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

Примеры использования:

She was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family

verb

Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.

Примеры использования:

The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

adjective

Not feeling hopeful about a situation or problem

Примеры использования:

The poor are dispirited.

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Примеры использования:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Примеры использования:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

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The down escalator

adjective

(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.

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Her modestly downcast eyes

noun

A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.

Примеры использования:

The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…

adjective

Looking down, usually because of being shy or sad

adjective

Discouraged; in low spirits.

Примеры использования:

Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost

adjective

Unhappy, esp. because of failure or because you are disappointed

adjective

Unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure

Примеры использования:

After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Примеры использования:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Примеры использования:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Примеры использования:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Drained of energy or vitality.

Примеры использования:

Daniel felt too enervated to resist

verb

Make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.

Примеры использования:

The heat enervated us all

verb

Past simple and past participle of enervate

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Примеры использования:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Примеры использования:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Примеры использования:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

phrasal verb

Lower (one's body) as by kneeling

phrasal verb

To start to direct your efforts and attention to something, esp. work

Примеры использования:

We’ve got to get down to business, folks, or we’ll never get the newsletter out on time.

phrasal verb

To start to direct your efforts and attention towards something

Примеры использования:

The meeting's not due to start for another five minutes but we're all here, so let's get down to bu…

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Примеры использования:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Unhappy and without hope

Примеры использования:

A gloomy person/expression, the cemetery is a gloomy place.

adjective

Not expecting or believing anything good in a situation

Примеры использования:

A gloomy economic forecast, uk the vet is rather gloomy about my cat's chances of recovery.

adjective

Looking or feeling dejected; morose.

Примеры использования:

The princess looked glum but later cheered up

adjective

Sad and discouraged

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A glum expression, marty nodded glumly.

adjective

Disappointed or unhappy, and quiet

Примеры использования:

You look glum. what's up?, glum about he's very glum about the company's prospects.

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Примеры использования:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Примеры использования:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Примеры использования:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

verb

Weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function).

Примеры использования:

A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing

verb

To damage or weaken something so that it is less effective

Примеры использования:

Lack of sleep impaired her ability to think clearly., [ c ] the law bans discrimination against any…

verb

To spoil something or make it weaker so that it is less effective

Примеры использования:

A recurring knee injury may have impaired his chances of winning the tournament.

adjective

Weakened or damaged.

Примеры использования:

An impaired banking system

verb

Weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function).

Примеры использования:

A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing

adjective

Damaged or weakened

Примеры использования:

She attended a school for the visually impaired (= people who cannot see well)., he was given a tic…

adjective

Not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity.

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An inactive lifestyle

adjective

Doing nothing

Примеры использования:

Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months., about half of the club members are …

adjective

Doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done

Примеры использования:

An inactive member of an advisory board, voters who have not participated in an election in three y…

adjective

Divided or edged with a zigzag line.

Примеры использования:

Ermine on a chief indented gules (red) three crosses wavy or (gold).

verb

Start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text.

Примеры использования:

Type a paragraph of text and indent the first line

verb

Make a dent or impression in (something).

Примеры использования:

Use a stylus to indent the leather

verb

Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).

Примеры использования:

Cold inhibits plant growth

verb

To take an action that makes something less likely to happen, or that discourages someone from doing something

Примеры использования:

The merger of the two corporations was not allowed because it would inhibit open competition., some…

verb

To prevent something from developing in the way or at the rate that is possible

Примеры использования:

Inhibit competition/growth/innovation authorities fear that fewer, bigger airlines will inhibit com…

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

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The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Примеры использования:

Try to limit the amount you drink

noun

The greatest amount, number, or level allowed or possible

Примеры использования:

There’s a limit to her patience., two cups of coffee are my limit., spending limits were imposed by…

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Примеры использования:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Примеры использования:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Примеры использования:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Less high in position.

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The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

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Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Примеры использования:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

noun

A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Примеры использования:

An air of melancholy surrounded him

adjective

Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.

Примеры использования:

She felt a little melancholy

adjective

Feeling or expressing sadness

Примеры использования:

A melancholy song, larry is in a very melancholy mood.

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Примеры использования:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Примеры использования:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.

Примеры использования:

Needy and elderly people

verb

(of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).

Примеры использования:

The prime minister operates a system of divide and rule

verb

Perform as expected when applied

verb

To work or cause something to work, be in action, or have an effect

Примеры использования:

[ t ] how do you operate the remote control unit?, [ i ] changes are being introduced to make the d…

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Примеры использования:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Extremely poor

Примеры использования:

My grandparents arrived in this country as poverty-stricken immigrants.

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Примеры использования:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Примеры использования:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Примеры использования:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Примеры использования:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Примеры использования:

There are ways of quieting kids down

adjective

(of a fitment or architectural feature) set or built in a recess in the surrounding wall or surface.

Примеры использования:

Supplement the light from the chandelier with recessed lights along the perimeter of the room

verb

Attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed.

Примеры использования:

The lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling

adjective

Built in a space in a wall

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Recessed lights

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Put a limit on; keep under control.

Примеры использования:

Some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors

verb

To limit someone's actions or movement, or to limit the amount, size, etc., of something

Примеры использования:

The government has so sharply restricted his fishing that he can barely pay his crew., the state le…

verb

To limit something, reduce its size, or prevent it from increasing

Примеры использования:

If they want to restrict access to their pages, privacy controls are available., restrict the sale/…

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

Примеры использования:

I was sad and subdued

adjective

(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

abbreviation

Seasonal affective disorder.

verb

Cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.

Примеры использования:

He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son

verb

To make someone sad or unhappy

Примеры использования:

It saddened me to learn of your father’s death.

verb

Cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.

Примеры использования:

He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Примеры использования:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Примеры использования:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Примеры использования:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

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A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Примеры использования:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Примеры использования:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Примеры использования:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Примеры использования:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Примеры использования:

The train slowed to a halt

adjective

Slow-moving or inactive.

Примеры использования:

A sluggish stream

adjective

Feeling or showing grief.

Примеры использования:

She looked at him with sorrowful eyes

adjective

Very sad

Примеры использования:

With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away.

adjective

(of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.

Примеры использования:

A stagnant ditch

adjective

Lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way.

Примеры использования:

Demand has grown in what was a fairly static market

noun

Crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system.

Примеры использования:

The phone was full of static that sounded distant

combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -stasis (such as hemostatic corresponding to hemostasis ).

adjective

Having sunk or been submerged in water.

Примеры использования:

The wreck of a sunken ship

adjective

Lying at the bottom of the sea or below a surrounding surface

Примеры использования:

A few steps below the path lay a beautiful sunken garden.

noun

A device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled.

Примеры использования:

She turned the cold tap on

verb

Draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container).

Примеры использования:

Several barrels had been tapped to celebrate old victories

noun

A quick light blow, or the sound of such a blow.

Примеры использования:

There was a sharp tap at the door

noun

The short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them.

Примеры использования:

The most commonly affected digits are the thumb and index finger.

verb

Press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb.

Примеры использования:

As soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open

noun

The short finger that is at an angle to the other fingers

Примеры использования:

How did you cut your thumb?

adjective

Not happy.

Примеры использования:

An unhappy marriage

adjective

Not feeling pleasure or satisfaction

Примеры использования:

It was an unhappy time of her life., they were unhappy about their hotel room (= did not like it) a…

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Примеры использования:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Примеры использования:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Примеры использования:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…

verb

Make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

Примеры использования:

Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks

verb

To make or become weak or weaker

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[ i ] the country’s economy continues to weaken., [ t ] long exposure to vibration can weaken aircr…

verb

To become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.

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A series of scandals weakened investor confidence., the plan has divided the country and weakened t…

verb

Make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

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Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks

verb

Past simple and past participle of weaken

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You could see the poor dog weakening daily as the disease spread through its body., the bill would …

adjective

Sad or miserable in appearance.

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Don't look so woebegone, joanna

adjective

Looking very sad

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When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression., there's no n…