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
- I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but I want you to have full information before making a final decision.
我不想成为DebbieDowner，但在你最终做决定前我想给你全部信息。 - Mr Downer also issued a statement on the matter from overseas, saying his comments had been misinterpreted.
唐纳还从海外发出关于此事的声明，称他的言论被误解了。 - You lost your job? That's a real downer!
你失业了？真是件令人沮丧的事！ - The only downer is a nasty ankle break for Sheffield United's centre-forward Hulse.
球赛唯一令人沮丧的，是谢菲尔德联的中锋赫斯令人不安的足踝骨折受伤。 - You have been such a downer lately.
你最近可真没情调。 - This was not the only character assessment Downer has provided of Rudd recently.
这是不是唯一性的评价提供唐纳最近有陆克文。 - They are certainly ungracious, given that Rudd lobbied UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint Downer as his part-time Special Adviser on Cyprus when he retired from politics in2008.
他们当然有失风度，由于陆克文游说联合国秘书长潘基文任命唐纳作为他兼职的塞浦路斯问题特别顾问在2008年时，他从政治退休。 - Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
未得到提升真让人沮丧。 - 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。 - In order to investigate the influencing factors of liquid-solid contact efficiency in feed stock zone of downer, a quantitative measurement system was carefully established.
根据催化剂能够被液态染色指示剂染色的原理，开发了一套定量测量下行床油剂混合区油剂接触效果的系统。