downer

1. N-COUNT If you describe a situation as a downer, you think that it is very depressing. 令人沮喪的情況[非正式] [usu sing, 'a' N]

For divorced people, Christmas can be a downer. 對離異的人來說，聖誕節(jié)是個令人沮喪的節(jié)日。

2. If you are on a downer, you are feeling depressed and without hope. 感到沮喪的[非正式]

When I arrived, the team was bottom of the league and the whole place was on a real downer. 儅我到達時，這個隊伍在聯賽中墊底，整個氣氛令人感到沮喪。