dispiriting
adj. 令人沮喪的;使人氣餒的
Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement.
It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
失業對每一個人來說都很懊喪。
1. destructive of morale and self-reliance
2. causing dejection;
The results of China's first national pollution survey make for dispiriting reading.
中國官方公佈的首次全國汙染調查的結果令人擔憂.
The dispiriting task of assessing damage at the Harlow research institute took several days.
在哈羅研究所,清點損失的任務令人詛喪,做這項工作費了好幾天.
A while ago I had a dispiriting conversation with another eminent European scientist.
剛才,我和另一位著名的歐洲科學家進行了一次令人沮喪的談話.
Dispiriting experiences like this will quickly damage the reputation of UK higher education abroad.
這種令人沮喪的經歷將很快損害英國高等教育在海外的聲譽.
Our lack of progress is very dispiriting.
我們毫無進展真使人氣餒.