disheartening

英 [dɪsˈhɑːtnɪŋ]

美 [dɪsˈhɑːrtnɪŋ]

adj.  令人灰心的;令人气馁的

BNC.32750 / COCA.28663

柯林斯词典

• 令人灰心的;令人气馁的
  If something isdisheartening, it makes you feel disappointed and less confident or less hopeful.

英英释义

adj

• destructive of morale and self-reliance
  Synonym:demoralizingdemoralisingdispiriting

双语例句

• Things were so disheartening that he had come to the conclusion that there was not much chance of their succeeding in running the blockade.
  这种四面楚歌的境地，他想来当真没有多大把握能够冲得出去。
• The weeks from Vienna to the 22nd Party Congress had nevertheless been cruel and disheartening.
  从维也纳会谈到苏共二十二次代表大会之间的那几周，一直是严峻和令人沮丧的。
• It was a disheartening circumstance, but a melancholy fact.
  这是一个令人懊丧的情况，但是一个悲惨的事实。
• You have chosen the most disheartening parts to post for today.
  你选择了这首诗里最令人伤心的部分在今天贴出。
• Many of the early attempts at machine translation were therefore disheartening failures.
  许多机器翻译的早期尝试都令人泄气地失败了。
• For investors looking for clues about the stock market, the decrease may be disheartening.
  对于那些希望知道股市是涨还是跌的投资人来说，这种减速可能会使他们感到沮丧。
• Closer analysis reveals a less disheartening picture: the negative changes in position are generally small and, this year, 10 new schools have entered the ranking.
  但经过更详细的分析后就会发现，其实局面可能没那么糟糕：那些学校的排名下降幅度普遍很小，而且，今年有10所新学校首次进入排行榜。
• The really disheartening part: Among those hired in2009 after a lengthy search, almost half ( 49%) said they liked their new jobs less than the ones they had lost.
  最令人沮丧的是：在那些花了很长时间，终于在2009年找到工作的人中，有近一半（49%）的人表示更喜欢之前的工作。
• It can be disheartening when you apply for a credit card and get turned down.
  它可以沮丧时，你必须申请一张信用卡，并得到拒绝。
• I settled on the same disheartening conclusion I had arrived at all too often during my travels abroad: I would never know.
  这就是我在旅途中经常碰到的问题，我只能垂头丧气地接受这个事实&我永远也不知道。