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
- Downer also commented on China-U.S. relations, saying Australia has never been concerned that Washington is pursuing a policy of containment toward Beijing.
唐纳也对美中关系发表评论。他说,澳大利亚从不担心华盛顿对北京采取遏制政策。 - The "downer cow" syndrome is a common appearance of some diseases, so it must be analyzed from the basis of various related diseases.
“奶牛卧倒不起综合征”是一些疾病的共有症状表现,必须从各种有关疾病的本质上进行分析研究。 - Catalytic Technology and Its Development of Gas-solid downer Quick-Contact Reactor
气固下行床超短接触反应器催化技术及其发展 - 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。 - 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。 - It is especially strange that Downer is arcing up at Rudd now, given that the Cyprus negotiations over which he is presiding are entering a critical phase.
这是特别奇怪的是唐纳是电弧现在就在陆克文,鉴于塞浦路斯进行谈判,他是主持正进入一个关键阶段。 - We underachieved at this World Cup and the fact that we never played good football, like we can, is an added downer.
我们没有取得这次世界杯,事实是我们从来没有尽力打过一场好比赛,这让人十分扫兴。 - 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。 - In doing so, Mr Downer accidentally made a useful contribution to highlighting the real value of established media over the myriad of online and new media Bloggs competing for reader attention.
唐纳先生的这种无心插柳很好地强调了媒体的真正价值,这其中包括了已经比较健全的无数网络媒体和那些竞争读者关注度的新兴博客媒体。 - 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。