downers

英 [ˈdaʊnəz]

美 [ˈdaʊnərz]

n.  镇静药，抑制药(尤指巴比妥类); 令人悲哀(或沮丧)的经历
downer的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 镇静剂;安眠药
  Downersare drugs that make you feel sleepy or very calm.
  1. She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
     她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。
• 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.
  1. For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer.
     对离异的人来说，圣诞节令人感伤。

双语例句

• She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
  她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。
• Difficulties facing print media and the time it takes to break out of entry-level positions can be downers for grads.
  纸质媒体面临的窘境，以及入门所花的时间都让毕业生感到沮丧。
• Now Magnetrol, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based industrial manufacturer, has come full circle: it is sending its first employee to the program.
  如今，总部位于伊利诺伊州丹尼森市的工业产品制造企业Magnetrol公司完成了一个完整的循环：首次派出公司雇员去念EMBA课程。
• Negative people can be real downers in any conversation.
  消极的人绝对是任何交谈的解嗨丸。
• Radial distribution characteristics of local particle velocity for binary particle mixture in downers
  二元颗粒混合物在下行床反应器中局部颗粒速度的分布