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

• The prospects for southern Europe are dispiriting going on depressing.
  欧洲南部的前景已是雪上加霜。
• 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。
• Dispiriting experiences like this will quickly damage the reputation of UK higher education abroad.
  这种令人沮丧的经历将很快损害英国高等教育在海外的声誉。
• Last year's results were most dispiriting.
  去年的成果是最令人气馁的。
• 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。
• There is no more dispiriting sight than a woman struggling in her shoes.
  没有比看到一位女士穿着高跟鞋挣扎的场面更让人沮丧的了。
• The conclusion is dispiriting.
  结论令人沮丧。
• The response was dispiriting: not a single buyer replied.
  但结果令人失望：他没有得到任何回应。
• The results of China's first national pollution survey make for dispiriting reading.
  中国官方公布的首次全国污染调查的结果令人担忧。
• 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。