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

• She stopt to blush and laugh at her own relapse, and then resumed a more serious, more dispiriting cogitation upon what had been, and might be, and must be.
  她不再往下想了，不由得脸红了，笑自己又故态复萌。接着她又更加认真、更加颓丧地回顾了已经发生的事，揣摩了可能发生和必定发生的事。
• 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。
• A dirty office loo is really dispiriting.
  肮脏的办公楼厕所的确会让人失去精气神。
• 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。
• Dispiriting research, he says, indicates that MBA students actually become less ethical over the course of their education.
  他表示，一些令人沮丧的研究成果表明，在他们受教育期间，MBA学生的伦理水平越来越低。
• 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。
• Last year's results were most dispiriting.
  去年的成果是最令人气馁的。
• 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。
• 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。