| 词汇 | discouraging |
| 释义 | discouraging adjective uk /dɪˈskʌr.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ us /dɪˈskɝː.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ making you feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something: 令人沮丧的 Despite the discouraging results, astronomers were not worried. 尽管结果令人沮丧，但天文学家们并不担心。 He is disappointed by the discouraging news from his doctors.他对来自医生的令人沮丧的消息感到失望。 See discourage I never heard a discouraging word from her, ever. The population estimates are a little discouraging. In the face of discouraging setbacks, she says her working-class roots keep her strong. Discouraging and putting off aversive dampen someone's enthusiasm dampen someone's spirits dampener on something daunt deter deterrence deterrent discourage discouragement disheartening dishearteningly disincentive emasculate emasculation pour/throw cold water on somethingidiom spoke take the wind out of someone's sailsidiom throw cold water on somethingidiom unencouraging discouraging | American Dictionarydiscouraging adjective us/dɪˈskɜr·ə·dʒɪŋ, -ˈskʌr-/ causing someone to feel less confident or less hopeful: It’s discouraging to feel that opportunities have passed you by. |
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