語義表達：令人抑郁的；使人沮喪的；讓人消沉的Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
句型操練：Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...
昨天的失業(yè)數(shù)字令人沮喪。
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，因為我覺得那是一個非常陰沉慘淡、令人抑郁的月份。
句型出處：In a week it will be something depressing...Iike a Baby Gap.
再過一個禮拜 就變成嬰兒用品連鎖店

語義表達：（良好結(jié)果的）體現(xiàn)，證明If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is.
句型操練：His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism...
他的成功充分體現(xiàn)了他的勤勞苦干和敬業(yè)精神。
It is a tribute to Mr Chandler's skill that he has fashioned a fascinating book out of such unpromising material.
錢德勒先生竟然以如此不被看好的素材寫出了一本引人入勝的書，這充分證明了他的寫作技巧。
句型出處：Some foolish person will think it's a tribute to this city.
事實上有些笨蛋說這是好事

語義表達：期望；預(yù)計If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
句型操練：The government thought it could count on the support of the trades unions...
政府認為可以指望獲得工會的支持。
I'll be back. You can count on it...
我會回來的。你要相信。
句型出處：The way it keeps changing on you, or the way you can never count on it.
這樣城市才能不斷變化，你不能指望它一成不變