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

• Doing so you are discouraging us from further development.
  这样做只会影响作者在课程上的发展进度罢了。
• Your first batch of results may be discouraging, but never mind, they'll improve.
  你的第一批结果可能令人泄气，可是别在意，会好转的。
• It appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Discouraging transfers between lines were deliberately built-in.
  线路间令人沮丧换乘故意被设置在内。
• 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。
• Competition with others for standard outcomes can be discouraging for many children and therefore not helpful in their learning.
  与其他人进行学业水平竞争会使许多孩子丧失信心，这对他们的学习没有益处。