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

• Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.
  同样重要的是，不论在农业还是生产部门中缺乏足够的投资歪曲了经济的发展。
• For years, the statistics related to failing projects and their related costs have been discouraging.
  多年来，有关失败的项目和相关费用的统计数字一直令人失望。
• 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。
• On the other hand, prohibition maintains high prices, discouraging heavy use and use by minors.
  另一方面，禁令的好处是，它维持了大麻的高价，从而减少了大量使用大麻和未成年人使用大麻的现象。
• It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging.
  哈佛的生活令人振奋，也令人生畏，有时甚至会让人感到泄气，但永远充满了挑战性。
• It appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why are you always so discouraging about my chances of getting a job?
  你为什么对我有否机会得到工作，老是这么爱泼冷水？
• 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。