dispiriting
英 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]
adj. 令人沮丧的; 使人气馁的
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- a dispiriting experience/failure
令人沮丧的经历 / 失败
- a dispiriting experience/failure
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.- 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。
- It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
英英释义
adj
- destructive of morale and self-reliance
双语例句
- The prospects for southern Europe are dispiriting going on depressing.
欧洲南部的前景已是雪上加霜。 - 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。 - Dispiriting experiences like this will quickly damage the reputation of UK higher education abroad.
这种令人沮丧的经历将很快损害英国高等教育在海外的声誉。 - 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。 - Last year's results were most dispiriting.
去年的成果是最令人气馁的。 - 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。 - This was probably the most trying and dispiriting time in Bruce's life.
这恐怕是李小龙一生中最为难熬和沮丧的一段时光了。 - Our lack of progress is very dispiriting.
我们毫无进展真使人气馁。 - 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。 - 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。