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。
• The response so far has been discouraging.
  答复到目前为止是令人泄气的。
• She claims that our prison system seems to create recidivists rather than discouraging criminals from reoffending.
  她称我们的监狱制度似乎在创造惯犯而并非教导罪犯不再犯法。
• What I have heard so far from Greek economists is deeply discouraging.
  迄今为止，我从希腊经济学家那里听到的建议非常令人失望。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
  成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
• This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
  这个极为艰巨的任务最终完成了，但是速度之慢令人沮丧。
• If you travel to another country you don't know, getting lost can be very frustrating and discouraging.
  如果你去一个陌生的国家旅行，迷路可能会让你很沮丧，很丧气。
• 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。