语义表达：令人抑郁的；使人沮丧的；让人消沉的Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
句型操练：Yesterday's unemployment figures were depressing...
昨天的失业数字令人沮丧。
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。
句型出处：In a week it will be something depressing...Iike a Baby Gap.
再过一个礼拜 就变成婴儿用品连锁店

语义表达：（良好结果的）体现，证明If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is.
句型操练：His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism...
他的成功充分体现了他的勤劳苦干和敬业精神。
It is a tribute to Mr Chandler's skill that he has fashioned a fascinating book out of such unpromising material.
钱德勒先生竟然以如此不被看好的素材写出了一本引人入胜的书，这充分证明了他的写作技巧。
句型出处：Some foolish person will think it's a tribute to this city.
事实上有些笨蛋说这是好事

语义表达：期望；预计If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
句型操练：The government thought it could count on the support of the trades unions...
政府认为可以指望获得工会的支持。
I'll be back. You can count on it...
我会回来的。你要相信。
句型出处：The way it keeps changing on you, or the way you can never count on it.
这样城市才能不断变化，你不能指望它一成不变