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

• 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
• It would be a real downer if we have to wait for a table at the restaurant.
  它是一个真正的唐纳不要过一个安全的假期。
• 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 "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What a downer that guy is!
  那家伙多让人泄气呀！
• 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。