dispiriting

过去式：

动词过去式: dispirited

更多词形：

动词过去式: dispirited | 动词过去分词: dispirited | 动词现在分词: dispiriting | 动词第三人称单数: dispirits |

单词例句：

The government’s response to these allegations is dispiriting.

斯里兰卡政府对于上述控诉的回应，相当令人沮丧。

That Pakistan has now proved unable to protect the Sri Lankans, despite extraordinary efforts by Lahore's police in the face of a manifest threat to their lives, is, to say the least, dispiriting.

尽管拉合尔市警察在对自己生命构成明显威胁的情况面前做出了巨大的努力，但是巴基斯坦现在已经被证明无法保护斯里兰卡球员，这至少可以说令人沮丧的。

9.To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of;dispirit.

使沮丧，使灰心动摇或失去勇气或果断；

Her apparent desire to record every event of significance sometimes results in a dispiriting succession of military campaigns and diplomatic intrigues;

作者显然希望把所有重要事件都一一记录下来，结果有时无外乎对那些战争和外交阴谋活动的简单罗列，令人味同嚼蜡。

“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。”

The outlook for 2009 is dispiriting.

2009的前景也是不容乐观的。

how dispiriting are the days during which the sun withholds a portion of our allowance of light and warmth.We are more dependent upon these things than is often thought.

碰到阴雨天,太阳不肯赐予我们那一份应得的光和热,这种日子是多么让人沮丧埃我们对光和热的依赖,远远超出了常人的想象。

This dispiriting situation has, of course, its logical causes.

当然，这种令人沮丧的情形有客观存在的逻辑原因。

dispirit

vt. 使沮丧, 使气馁