dispiriting
英 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]
adj. 令人沮丧的; 使人气馁的
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- a dispiriting experience/failure
令人沮丧的经历 / 失败
- a dispiriting experience/failure
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.- 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。
- It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
英英释义
adj
- destructive of morale and self-reliance
双语例句
- 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 conclusion is dispiriting.
结论令人沮丧。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。