disheartening
英 [dɪsˈhɑːtnɪŋ]
美 [dɪsˈhɑːrtnɪŋ]
adj. 令人灰心的;令人气馁的
BNC.32750 / COCA.28663
柯林斯词典
- 令人灰心的;令人气馁的
If something isdisheartening, it makes you feel disappointed and less confident or less hopeful.
英英释义
adj
- destructive of morale and self-reliance
双语例句
- Wading through dozens of candidates who all look similar on paper can be a disheartening exercise.
因为从这些从纸面上看起来大同小异的应聘者之中进行筛选，也是一桩令人泄气的烦心事。 - Adi Da Samraj: The circumstance of existence, in and of itself, is disheartening.
阿谛达至尊：（人类）存在的状况，只其本身，是另人沮丧的。 - After so many disheartening experiences, is it not naive to expect that credibility for such a regime can be restored?
在如此之多令人沮丧的经历之后，指望恢复这一机制的信誉难道不天真吗？ - Closer analysis reveals a less disheartening picture: the negative changes in position are generally small and, this year, 10 new schools have entered the ranking.
但经过更详细的分析后就会发现，其实局面可能没那么糟糕：那些学校的排名下降幅度普遍很小，而且，今年有10所新学校首次进入排行榜。 - Many of the early attempts at machine translation were therefore disheartening failures.
许多机器翻译的早期尝试都令人泄气地失败了。 - For investors looking for clues about the stock market, the decrease may be disheartening.
对于那些希望知道股市是涨还是跌的投资人来说，这种减速可能会使他们感到沮丧。 - Things were so disheartening that he had come to the conclusion that there was not much chance of their succeeding in running the blockade.
这种四面楚歌的境地，他想来当真没有多大把握能够冲得出去。 - It can be disheartening when you apply for a credit card and get turned down.
它可以沮丧时，你必须申请一张信用卡，并得到拒绝。 - VERONICA PELLEGRIN: "Getting the letter and seeing [ you] will no longer be employed, your services will no longer be required& it is very disheartening, to say the least, and frustrating."
维罗尼卡•佩勒格林：“我收到了邮件，信上说，你被解雇了，学校不再需要你的服务了&这十分令人沮丧，至少令人感到挫败。” - We propose the light to throw on this disheartening tragedy.
我们对这桩令人沮丧的悲剧提出我们的说明。