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

• Asked if he was impressed by Mr Rudd's language skills, Mr Downer, a French speaker, said he was not one to flaunt his talent with foreign tongues.
  当被问及鲁德先生娴熟的汉语是否给他留下深刻印象时，说法语的唐纳先生表示自己不是那种卖弄语言技巧的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not getting the promotion was a real downer.
  未得到提升真让人沮丧。
• What a downer that guy is!
  那家伙多让人泄气呀！
• 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 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。
• 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 "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。
• She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
  她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。