dispiriting

英 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ]

adj.  令人沮丧的; 使人气馁的

IELTS

BNC.21161 / COCA.27184

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人沮丧的；使人气馁的
  making sb lose their hope or enthusiasm
  1. a dispiriting experience/failure
     令人沮丧的经历 / 失败

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人沮丧的;令人气馁的;令人心灰意懒的
  Something that isdispiritingcauses you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement.
  1. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
     失业对每一个人来说都很懊丧。

英英释义

adj

• destructive of morale and self-reliance
  Synonym:demoralizingdemoralisingdisheartening

双语例句

• This was probably the most trying and dispiriting time in Bruce's life.
  这恐怕是李小龙一生中最为难熬和沮丧的一段时光了。
• It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
  失业对每一个人来说都很懊丧。
• The prospects for southern Europe are dispiriting going on depressing.
  欧洲南部的前景已是雪上加霜。
• This has been a dispiriting campaign, where a few dozen swing constituencies have been targeted like battleground states in a US presidential election.
  这是一场令人沮丧的竞选，几十个摇摆选区就像美国总统选举中的摇摆州一样，被各党派激烈争夺。
• The conclusion is dispiriting.
  结论令人沮丧。
• The fifth lesson is deeply dispiriting: Tory-or Labour-led Britain will retreat from the world.
  第五点非常令人沮丧：保守党或工党领导的英国将要退出世界舞台。
• From congealed curry to cold pasta, you may think there's nothing more dispiriting than a fridge full of leftovers.
  凝固的咖喱、冰凉的意大利面，你会发现没有什么比打开冰箱后发现满是剩菜更令人沮丧啦。
• It was a bit dispiriting to see so few people arriving for the meeting.
  看见这么少的人来开会，叫人有点沮丧。
• That these thoughts should come from the author of what has been called the American creed seems particularly dispiriting to those who hope we will, one day, overcome.
  这些想法竟来自美国信念的提出者，似乎尤其令那些希望我们有一天能克服偏见的人感到气馁。
• There is no more dispiriting sight than a woman struggling in her shoes.
  没有比看到一位女士穿着高跟鞋挣扎的场面更让人沮丧的了。