词义：discouraging是形容词，意思是使人气馁的、使人沮丧的。常用于描述对人或事物的评价，表示消极或不乐观的态度。
词性：形容词
词组搭配：discouragingly (副词)
短语：discouraging news (沮丧的消息)
发音拼写：/d?s?k?r?d???/
例句：
1. The lack of progress in the investigation is discouraging for the victims’ families. (调查的没有进展让受害者的家庭感到沮丧。)
2. The company’s financial results are discouraging investors. (公司的财务状况让投资者感到沮丧。)
3. He received a discouraging response from the job interview. (他的面试结果很令人沮丧。)
4. The weather forecast is discouraging for outdoor activities. (天气预报对户外活动来说不太乐观。)
5. His teacher’s discouraging words made him lose confidence in his abilities. (他老师的泼冷水让他对自己的能力失去了信心。)
6. The discouraging comments left by the critics made the author feel dejected. (评论家留下的泼冷水让作者感到沮丧。)
7. The discouraging economic situation is affecting the country’s growth. (糟糕的经济状况正在影响国家的发展。)
翻译：令人沮丧的；泄气的
读音：d?s?k?r?d???
例句：
1. The constant setbacks were discouraging, but he refused to give up. （不断的挫折令人沮丧，但他拒绝放弃。）
2. The teacher’s harsh criticism was very discouraging to the student. （老师的严厉批评对学生来说非常泄气。）
3. The low turnout at the event was discouraging for the organizers. （活动的参与率低令组织者感到沮丧。）
discouraging在英语中代表”的现在分词、令人气馁的”的意思，还经常被翻译为阻止的，在线发音：[dis’k?rid?i?]，discouraging来源于英语，在《英国翻译词典》中，共找到14个与discouraging相关的例句。
1.的现在分词
例句:Let’s pretend that our government supported an oil-based economy, while discouraging more sustainable forms of energy, knowing all the while that the result would be pollution, war and rising costs. (如果我们的支持一个石油公司 同时反对更加可持续发展的能源， 并且知道这将导致 污染，战争和更高的成本。)
2.令人气馁的
例句:the Rocky Mountains and the equally discouraging High Sierras. (铁道路线预定经过 伟大的天然屏障： 洛矶山脉… 以及同样令人生畏的喜耶亚山区)
3.阻止的
例句:That turned out to be discouraging because Cary Grant and Mary Clear looked really good together. (结果相当令人沮丧 因为卡里·格兰特和玛丽·克莉 在一起看着相当般配)
4.令人泄气的、阻止的
例句:You?cannot?bring?about?prosperity?by?discouraging?thrift. (翻译:不提倡勤俭节约就不会有繁盛。)
1. That turned out to be discouraging because Cary Grant and Mary Clear looked really good together. (翻译:结果相当令人沮丧 因为卡里·格兰特和玛丽·克莉 在一起看着相当般配)
2. You?cannot?bring?about?prosperity?by?discouraging?thrift. (翻译:不提倡勤俭节约就不会有繁盛。)
3. (Laughter) That’s discouraging enough to make you think that good design and democracy just simply do not go together. (翻译:这件事使人沮丧地意识到 好的设计和 是无法相容的。)
4. We run the risk of discouraging him if the next levels are too challenging. (翻译:我们正冒险让他失去勇气， 如果下一级难度太高的话，)
5. At first glance, some tasks may seem mind-numbingly overwhelming, thus discouraging you from taking action. (翻译:很多任务乍一看上去非常棘手，使得你不愿开始。)
6. Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes. (翻译:专家们早就认识到，这个令人沮丧的问题有多种原因。)
7. Despite the discouraging overall prognosis, aggressive multidisciplinary treatment can lead to long-term survival in an important subgroup of patients with fungating lesions. (翻译:尽管总的预后不理想，但有效的综合治疗可以导致蕈状病损一种重要亚型的患者长期存活。)
8. I feel that despite the present discouraging news, we’ll eventually win the war. (翻译:我有种感觉，不管现在战局多么不利 我们终将取得战争的胜利)
9. (Laughter) And the evaluators have been trained to give you discouraging, non-verbal feedback, like this. (翻译:且评审都经过培训 用令人沮丧的非口语言词给你回应，就像这样 )
10. The experience of failure had been so discouraging for the “smart” kids that they actually regressed. (翻译:对于“聪明”的孩子而言，经历失败是如此的令人沮丧，实际上他们的表现了。)
11. Pastels are soothing colors , and promote friendliness while discouraging aggression . (翻译:彩色是柔和的颜色，有助于增进友谊、减少攻击性。)
12. In 2005 I was in a bad place in my life with so many changes I needed to make that it was utterly overwhelming and discouraging. (翻译:在xx年，本人处于困境，生活中有太多事情需要去改善，这让我喘不过气，灰心丧气。)
13. That forces the supply side of the economy to charge more for products that use oil, discouraging demand and potentially prompting a recession. (翻译:这迫使经济供给方对使用 油的产品收取更多费用， 进而抑制需求，并可能引发经济衰退。)
14. It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege. (翻译:上音的生活令人愉快，也令人感到有压力，有时甚至会感到泄气，但永远充满了挑战性。)
15. Pastels are soothing colors, and promote friendliness while discouraging aggression. (翻译:彩色是柔和的颜色，有助于增进友谊，减少攻击性。)
discouraging作为形容词、动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、discourage/1、i/s、discouragings等。
