抑郁在英语中被称为 "depression"。这个词来源于拉丁语的 "deprimere"，意思是 "to press down"。

下面是一些例句：

I have been feeling very depressed lately.

(我最近感到非常抑郁。)

She suffers from severe depression.

(她患有严重的抑郁症。)

He has been dealing with depression for many years.

(他多年来一直在应对抑郁症。)

此外，还可以用 "depressive" 来形容一个人的状态，例如：

She has been in a very depressive state lately.

(她最近处于一种非常抑郁的状态。)

He is going through a depressive episode.

(他正在经历一次抑郁发作。)