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
  1. Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
     未得到提升真让人很沮丧。
  2. He's really on a downer (= very depressed) .
     他确实很郁闷。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
  Synonym:sedativesedative drugdepressant

双语例句

• Last season was a bit of a downer: I had a bad injury and needed a knee operation, but this term I've managed to stay fit.
  上赛季有点沮丧。我伤的很重，膝盖还动了手术。但本赛季我希望能好好的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The one downer in my fairy tale is I've never been in love.
  在我的童话里，有件沮丧的事情就是我从未恋爱过。