dispiriting

英 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]

adj. 令人沮丧的; 使人气馁的

IELTS

BNC.21161 / COCA.27184

牛津词典

adj.

令人沮丧的；使人气馁的
making sb lose their hope or enthusiasm
1. a dispiriting experience/failure
  令人沮丧的经历 / 失败

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 令人沮丧的;令人气馁的;令人心灰意懒的
Something that isdispiritingcauses you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement.
1. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
  失业对每一个人来说都很懊丧。

英英释义

adj

destructive of morale and self-reliance
Synonym:demoralizingdemoralisingdisheartening

双语例句

It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
失业对每一个人来说都很懊丧。
The fifth lesson is deeply dispiriting: Tory-or Labour-led Britain will retreat from the world.
第五点非常令人沮丧：保守党或工党领导的英国将要退出世界舞台。
This was probably the most trying and dispiriting time in Bruce's life.
这恐怕是李小龙一生中最为难熬和沮丧的一段时光了。
But there is an alternative and possibly more dispiriting narrative: as exporting companies become more productive and move into higher-quality segments of the market, their willingness to use a lower exchange rate to increase their market share abroad diminishes.
但另一种可能更令人沮丧的说法是，随着出口公司产能提高并进入市场更高端领域，它们利用汇率贬值增加海外市场份额的意愿下降。
Last year's results were most dispiriting.
去年的成果是最令人气馁的。
For the United States and the people of its beleaguered Gulf Coast, a dispiriting summer of oil and anger lies dead ahead.
对美国及被围困的墨西哥湾人民，必将面临为石油和愤怒充斥的令人沮丧的夏天。
It was a bit dispiriting to see so few people arriving for the meeting.
看见这么少的人来开会，叫人有点沮丧。
That these thoughts should come from the author of what has been called the American creed seems particularly dispiriting to those who hope we will, one day, overcome.
这些想法竟来自美国信念的提出者，似乎尤其令那些希望我们有一天能克服偏见的人感到气馁。
This has been a dispiriting campaign, where a few dozen swing constituencies have been targeted like battleground states in a US presidential election.
这是一场令人沮丧的竞选，几十个摇摆选区就像美国总统选举中的摇摆州一样，被各党派激烈争夺。
But stimulus measures such as temporary tax cuts for households or car scrappage schemes were dispiriting wastes of scarce time and money.
但临时性削减家庭税收或“旧车换现金”计划等刺激措施，则是令人沮丧的对稀缺时间和金钱的浪费。