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

• 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。
• We propose the light to throw on this disheartening tragedy.
  我们对这桩令人沮丧的悲剧提出我们的说明。
• It is disheartening to virtuous men to see such shameful means resorted to to achieve political success as the attacking of the dead in their graves and defiling their honored names with slander.
  他毁谤亡人，以谰言玷污其美名，用这种下流手段来达到政治上的成功，使有道德之人甚为沮丧。
• 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。
• After so many disheartening experiences, is it not naive to expect that credibility for such a regime can be restored?
  在如此之多令人沮丧的经历之后，指望恢复这一机制的信誉难道不天真吗？
• It is disheartening to see how blissfully unaware of this fact you truly are.
  看到你幸福地丝毫不了解这样的事实，这令我们很失望。
• Its unravelling was swift and disheartening, and brings Thailand back to the brink of further unrest.
  局势迅速缓解，双方激动情绪平复，泰国由可能发生更大规模骚乱退回至骚乱边缘。
• The results of my informal, back-of-the-envelope calculations were rather disheartening.
  根据我非正式的统计结果，我在信封背面所计算出的统计数值令人相当失望。
• 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。
• 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。