discouraging

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的现在分词

现在分词：discouraging　

TOEFL

BNC.18639 / COCA.14782

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使泄气;使灰心
  If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
  1. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
     万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
• VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
  Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing it means to make them not want to do it.
  1. ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
     使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
  2. ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
     劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动

英英释义

adj

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
  1. where never is heard a discouraging word
• expressing disapproval

双语例句

• When you fail its easy to point out everything you did wrong, but that is so discouraging.
  当你失败时，很容易指出自己做错的事情，但是这样很让人沮丧。
• That realization, instead of being discouraging, was liberating.
  那个认识，代替了原先的气馁，将我完全的解放了。
• This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
  这个极为艰巨的任务最终完成了，但是速度之慢令人沮丧。
• For now, even the most optimistic conservationists have to admit that the numbers are discouraging.
  现在，即使是最乐观的自然资源保护论者也不得不承认，这些数据令人沮丧。
• It appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• The response so far has been discouraging.
  答复到目前为止是令人泄气的。
• Their attitude was very discouraging.
  他们的态度非常令人沮丧。
• Doing so you are discouraging us from further development.
  这样做只会影响作者在课程上的发展进度罢了。
• Research for improvement of chestnut has been discouraging and encouraging.
  栗树改良的研究工作曾令人失望又曾使人鼓舞。
• I shouldn't have made those discouraging remarks.
  我不该说那些泄气话。