Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up. 她尽管遇到许多挫折,却仍然不气馁。
A feeling of discouragement for the moment bore down heavily upon him. 一阵心灰意懒的情绪顿时沉重地压在他的心头。
The unfavorable reviews of his first novel were a great discouragement to him. 他第一本小说所得的不利评论令他极其灰心丧气。
discouragement
[ noun ]
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
<noun.feeling>
the expression of opposition and disapproval
<noun.communication>
the act of discouraging
<noun.act> the discouragement of petty theft
Discouragement \Dis*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. d['e]couragement.] 1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. ``Discouragements from vice.'' --Swift.
It is the patient achievement of countless thousands of Mauritians, often in spite of official discouragement.
Add to this the discouragement that business rates impose on business investment in buildings and the combined effect begins to look serious. The Labour party's response is a curious melange.
Some 50 years ago, Keynes suggested the discouragement of stock trading.
Kazuyuki Suzuki, a trader with Daiwa Securities Co., said caution and discouragement over the yen sent prices back down in the afternoon.
The index shed 202.99 points Thursday, largely due to discouragement over the yen's weakness.
None are followed in those African countries that are the source of most American discouragement about African development.