downer
英 [ˈdaʊnə(r)]
美 [ˈdaʊnər]
n. 镇静药，抑制药(尤指巴比妥类); 令人悲哀(或沮丧)的经历
复数：downers
BNC.34710 / COCA.25150
牛津词典
noun
- 镇静药，抑制药（尤指巴比妥类）
a drug, especially a barbiturate , that relaxes you or makes you want to sleep - 令人悲哀（或沮丧）的经历
an experience that makes you feel sad or depressed- Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
未得到提升真让人很沮丧。 - He's really on a downer (= very depressed) .
他确实很郁闷。
- Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 镇静剂;安眠药
Downersare drugs that make you feel sleepy or very calm.- She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。
- She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
- N-COUNT 令人悲伤(或沮丧)的情景
If you describe a situation asa downer, you think that it is very depressing.- For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer.
对离异的人来说，圣诞节令人感伤。
- For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer.
英英释义
noun
- a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
双语例句
- Getting into an auto accident today was a real downer. To become disheartened or discouraged.
今天被卷入了一起交通事故中真是一件让人沮丧的事。 - You have been such a downer lately.
你最近可真没情调。 - For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer.
对离异的人来说，圣诞节令人感伤。 - In the aftermath of the Detroit downer, Damon did not mope around his Orlando home.
在底特律的惨败之后，戴蒙并没有在奥兰多的家中消沉度日。 - At a private Australian Chamber of Commerce dinner held in Beijing on Wednesday night with former foreign minister Alexander Downer, Mr Hu was the main topic of conversation.
周三晚在北京和前外长唐纳一起参加一家私人澳洲商会举行的晚宴，胡士泰事件是主要话题。 - What a downer that guy is!
那家伙多让人泄气呀！ - In movies where the stydio gets all paranoid aboyt a downer ending.
很多电影都是最后让人怆然泪下。 - She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。 - Mr Downer has previously acknowledged he was personally briefed by Dr GEE on the expert's return from iraq, but has never revealed the contents of that briefing.
唐纳先生先前曾经承认说，当专家从伊拉克返回后，他亲自听取了格博士的简要汇报，但是却从来没有就那次简要汇报的内容对外公布过。 - Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
未得到提升真让人沮丧。