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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Competition with others for standard outcomes can be discouraging for many children and therefore not helpful in their learning.
  与其他人进行学业水平竞争会使许多孩子丧失信心，这对他们的学习没有益处。
• She claims that our prison system seems to create recidivists rather than discouraging criminals from reoffending.
  她称我们的监狱制度似乎在创造惯犯而并非教导罪犯不再犯法。
• 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。
• It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
  成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
• 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。