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

• Japan and southern Europe have clung to older ways, discouraging women from working and frowning on single-parent families;
  日本和南欧依赖旧的方式，不鼓励妇女工作并且不欢迎单亲家庭；
• It's a discouraging finding. But there's also some good news in this story: The brain can get confused in both directions.
  这是一个让人沮丧的发现。不过，它也带来了好消息：大脑可能在两个相反的方向上都会搞糊涂。
• I shouldn't have made those discouraging remarks.
  我不该说那些泄气话。
• 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。
• We need to make sure our'honking'is encouraging, not discouraging.
  我们要确保我们的话语是鼓励性的，而不是打击性的。
• It was felt that each nation's self-interest was served by encouraging its exports and discouraging its imports.
  一般认为，鼓励出口和限制进口是符合每个国家的自身利益的。
• Their attitude was very discouraging.
  他们的态度非常令人沮丧。
• For now, even the most optimistic conservationists have to admit that the numbers are discouraging.
  现在，即使是最乐观的自然资源保护论者也不得不承认，这些数据令人沮丧。
• 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。
• For years, the statistics related to failing projects and their related costs have been discouraging.
  多年来，有关失败的项目和相关费用的统计数字一直令人失望。