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
- 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。 - You lost your job? That's a real downer!
你失业了？真是件令人沮丧的事！ - 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。 - Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
未得到提升真让人沮丧。 - You have been such a downer lately.
你最近可真没情调。 - Downer said the region's economic giants should use their influence on Burma, because the isolated country relies heavily on their investment and aid.
唐纳说，地区经济巨头应该对缅甸运用他们的影响力，因为这个孤立的国家十分依赖他们的投资和援助。 - 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。 - 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。 - According to UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer, the session was once again dominated by procedural issues on how to move forward.
据联合国特别顾问亚历山大唐纳，会议再次占主导地位的程序性问题上如何前进。 - 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