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。 - 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。 - While large gifts may be landing at the doors of business schools, the task of telephoning alumni and others to ask for money can be gruelling and often disheartening.
尽管商学院里或许会有大笔捐赠送上门来，但给校友和其他人打电话筹款的任务，可能让人精疲力竭，而且时常会感到沮丧。 - You have chosen the most disheartening parts to post for today.
你选择了这首诗里最令人伤心的部分在今天贴出。 - 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。 - The results of my informal, back-of-the-envelope calculations were rather disheartening.
根据我非正式的统计结果，我在信封背面所计算出的统计数值令人相当失望。 - It was a disheartening circumstance, but a melancholy fact.
这是一个令人懊丧的情况，但是一个悲惨的事实。 - Its unravelling was swift and disheartening, and brings Thailand back to the brink of further unrest.
局势迅速缓解，双方激动情绪平复，泰国由可能发生更大规模骚乱退回至骚乱边缘。 - The really disheartening part: Among those hired in2009 after a lengthy search, almost half ( 49%) said they liked their new jobs less than the ones they had lost.
最令人沮丧的是：在那些花了很长时间，终于在2009年找到工作的人中，有近一半（49%）的人表示更喜欢之前的工作。 - 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？