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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Discouraging transfers between lines were deliberately built-in.
  线路间令人沮丧换乘故意被设置在内。
• 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***的高价，从而减少了大量使用***和未成年人使用***的现象。
• The signs from Washington, and from Beijing, are not all discouraging.
  来自华盛顿和北京的迹象并非全都令人沮丧。
• It appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。