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

• Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.
  同样重要的是，不论在农业还是生产部门中缺乏足够的投资歪曲了经济的发展。
• For years, the statistics related to failing projects and their related costs have been discouraging.
  多年来，有关失败的项目和相关费用的统计数字一直令人失望。
• 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。
• It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
  成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That realization, instead of being discouraging, was liberating.
  那个认识，代替了原先的气馁，将我完全的解放了。
• It's a discouraging finding. But there's also some good news in this story: The brain can get confused in both directions.
  这是一个让人沮丧的发现。不过，它也带来了好消息：大脑可能在两个相反的方向上都会搞糊涂。
• 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。