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 appears buoyant and to you perhaps discouraging.
  还好像趋于上涨了，或许你很泄气。
• 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。
• 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's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
  成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
• 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。
• There are reasons for discouraging change when adverse economic impact far outweighs the advantages of change.
  这就是当不利的经济影响远远超过有利的变化的时候，阻碍变革的原因。
• 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；
• Their attitude was very discouraging.
  他们的态度非常令人沮丧。
• 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。
• I shouldn't have made those discouraging remarks.
  我不该说那些泄气话。