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 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。
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。
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。
Her apparent desire to record every event of significance sometimes results in a dispiriting succession of military campaigns and diplomatic intrigues;
作者显然希望把所有重要事件都一一记录下来，结果有时无外乎对那些战争和外交阴谋活动的简单罗列，令人味同嚼蜡。
From congealed curry to cold pasta, you may think there's nothing more dispiriting than a fridge full of leftovers.
凝固的咖喱、冰凉的意大利面，你会发现没有什么比打开冰箱后发现满是剩菜更令人沮丧啦。
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。
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。
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'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 conclusion is dispiriting.
结论令人沮丧。