downer

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down·er /ˈdaʊnə $ -ər/ noun informal

1. [countableC]MDD a drug that makes you feel very relaxed or sleepy 镇静药；安眠药 → upper

2 [singular]SAD/UNHAPPY a person or situation that stops you feeling happy 令人沮丧的人[情况]

The weather was a bit of a downer.

这天气有点让人沮丧。

3 be on a downer informal British EnglishBrESAD/UNHAPPY to be sad or experiencing a series of sad events 沮丧；经历一连串伤心事

What’s up with Ruth? She’s been on a downer all week.

露丝怎么啦？她整个星期都郁郁寡欢。

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be on a downer• Leeds can usually handle teams who are on a downer when we play them.

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downer• Otherwise, this trip begins on a downer.• Sure I want to play good, because the season there last year was a downer for me.• Together they build an impressive wall of evidence - but their success carries a big downer.• The music, though laughable, isn't the main downer.• She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital.• I was off for a week which is alright, but during that week I was heavily doped on downers.• If the Marx Brothers had made a surrealistic comedy while on downers, this would be it.• The book is a real downer.• United won twice away last month at Bristol Rovers and Wolves, while Birmingham are on a real downer.

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