dispiriting

基本解释

• adj. 令人沮丧的；使人气馁的
• v. 使沮丧；使气馁（dispirit的ing形式）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• A while ago I had a dispiriting conversation with another eminent European scientist.
  刚才，我和另一位著名的欧洲科学家进行了一次令人沮丧的谈话。
• Dispiriting experiences like this will quickly damage the reputation of UK higher education abroad.
  这种令人沮丧的经历将很快损害英国高等教育在海外的声誉。
• A particularly dispiriting outcome of all this is that in the absence of a firm, long-term commitment from the federal government, many U.S. clean tech firms are looking to China for investment.
  而格外令人沮丧的是，由于联邦政府不能提供稳定而长期的资金支持，许多美国清洁能源高新技术公司正在转而寻求来自中国的投资。

权威例句

• Haste makes waste, and destructive lack of cooperation from the Republicans in Congress is dispiriting.
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• Comparing its most recent findings to historical data, the study comes to some dispiriting conclusions.
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• Mr Klein's dispiriting announcement comes just weeks after Michelle Rhee stepped down as Washington, DC's chancellor.
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英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement.