depressing
单词辨析：
指人因认为情况不会好转而感到沮丧的，也指天气、房间等阴森森的。
a gloomy day/house/person
阴天/阴森森的房子/忧郁的人
I can tell by his gloomy face that the situation is bad.
从他阴郁的脸上我能看出情况不妙。
指天气、地方、时期等令人不快乐的。
a cheerless day/place
沉闷的一天/阴郁的场所
It is cold and cheerless in the yard with no one there.
院子里冷冷清清，一个人也没有。
指令人感到非常抑郁及忧愁的。
The journey was depressing.
旅途令人沮丧。
The economic situation there is depressing.
那里的经济形势令人郁闷。
相关例句：
The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。
It's depressing to have someone always finding fault with you.
有人总是给你挑毛病，这让人感到很沮丧。
I don't watch the news because I find it too depressing.
我不看新闻节目，因为我觉得它太让人沮丧了。
I came across an old friend in changed circumstances. A miserable or depressing place or situation.
我遇到了一位境遇变化了的老友。
I'm rather keen to go on holiday in February because I think it's a very dismal, depressing month.
我很想2月份去度假，因为我觉得那是一个非常阴沉惨淡、令人抑郁的月份。
I find his cynicism rather depressing.
我觉得他玩世不恭的态度很压抑。