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

• 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。
• 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。
• Why are you always so discouraging about my chances of getting a job?
  你为什么对我有否机会得到工作，老是这么爱泼冷水？
• 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。
• What I have heard so far from Greek economists is deeply discouraging.
  迄今为止，我从希腊经济学家那里听到的建议非常令人失望。
• Discouraging transfers between lines were deliberately built-in.
  线路间令人沮丧换乘故意被设置在内。
• 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。
• It appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• I know's it's discouraging to work on a project without visible results, but hang in there!
  我知道，致力于一项看不见成果的项目是令人沮丧的，但要坚持下去。
• 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。