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 discouraging [dis'kʌridʒiŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 令人气馁的

  1. The act of discouraging.
    泄气使人泄气的做法
  2. It's very discouraging to be sneered at all time.
    总是受到讥笑使人非常气馁。
  3. They are absolutely discouraging me from such a dangerous step.
    他们完全反对我迈出这危险的一步。


discouraging
[ adj ]
  1. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

    2. <adj.all>
    where never is heard a discouraging word
  2. expressing disapproval

    3. <adj.all>


Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis- +
courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des-
(L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See {Courage}.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress
the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; --
the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his
undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like
attempt.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
they be discouraged. --Col. iii.
21.

2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to
seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they
discouraged his efforts.

Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade;
disfavor.


Discouraging \Dis*cour"a*ging\, a.
Causing or indicating discouragement. --
{Dis*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv.

  1. Nevertheless, the preliminary conclusions of the Concorde trial seem discouraging. A recent article in the British Medical Journal supports Wellcome's view that changes in protocol make any meaningful analysis difficult.
  2. The notion stems from Sen. Bentsen's interest in encouraging long-range thinking by American business interests and in discouraging short-term trading for quick profits.
  3. Traditional regulation puts ceilings on earnings, which he believes has the effect of discouraging costly investments needed to develop new products.
  4. Companies often repurchase shares of stock to make the price rise, discouraging unsolicited takeover offers.
  5. As such, it makes a discouraging test case for the way in which the Commission can be expected to use its new powers, said Mr Suard.
  6. "Our very disappointing third-quarter results and the discouraging outlook for the fourth quarter underscore the importance of an adequate capital base," he said.
  7. And that eventuality might cast a pall over the affiliated program, demoralizing those who have received similar treatment or discouraging the afflicted from getting help.
  8. But you have to expect some ups and downs and as long as we can learn from what happend, it's not discouraging," Rideout said.
  9. It is not clear he will be allowed to succeed because of divisions in the cabinet. In addition, corruption, along with the arbitrary behaviour of the authorities, is discouraging new investment and the emergence of small businesses.
  10. He said the standards he would prescribe would eliminate "needless restrictions" to avoid discouraging good people from serving in government.
  11. The Communists had some success in discouraging church membership, reducing it to some 30% of the population, which further contributes to an absence of values.
  12. As long as they do not give up, however expensive and discouraging the process may be, art and guile stand a good chance of coming into their own again.
  13. Davis' decision to outline his financing plans likely was aimed in part at discouraging other potential bidders, said Louis Marckesano, an analyst with Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. in Philadelphia.
  14. The Korean government is discouraging the consumption of luxury goods because it considers that unhealthy for the Korean economy.
  15. And disclosure rules discouraging family-owned businesses from taking their shares public have created a severe shortage of new listings on Taiwan's stock exchange.
  16. He argues that the system is increasing traffic congestion rather than reducing it and is discouraging shoppers who would drive to the city.
  17. The brochures, he wrote, "indicate that (General Services) apartment complexes are for white, and not black tenants, thus discouraging blacks from seeking housing there."
  18. It's very discouraging." The United Nations, fearing the Persian Gulf crisis might last through the winter, announced Saturday it will stockpile food for another 120,000 refugees from Iraq and Kuwait and buy winter tents for those stranded in camps.
  19. Rudin, member of a New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, made his comments after it recommnded leglisation discouraging surrogacy and allowing such arrangements only so long as no fee was paid.
  20. While pay rises in the west were fuelling inflation, those in the east were discouraging investment in the region, leaving it dependent on government subsidies - which meant a continuing high tax burden and therefore depressed consumer demand in the west.
  21. Finally, the most significant cost may be discouraging those whose job it is to dig for information.
  22. "It was a very discouraging period," he says.
  23. American's filing said the proposal "would be likely to reduce the availability of deep discount fares to the public by discouraging carriers from offering them."
  24. The U.S. strongly opposes these ideas, and the G-7 is expected to issue a communique that sticks to its current policy of discouraging further strong increases or decreases in the value of the dollar.
  25. The rise in oil prices to the $20-a-barrel level will inflate imports, while the strength of the dollar will make the price of American goods more expensive, discouraging export sales, they say.
  26. The program's commander, Col. David Huxsoll, says defensive research can enhance a ban by discouraging other nations from thinking they could score certain success with an attack.
  27. Canada's securities industry is for sale, but high asking prices are discouraging would-be buyers.
  28. "The most discouraging thing for me is deciding who you help and who you don't help," said Vic Plessinger, a volunteer from Smithville, Ohio, who has been here since March.
  29. But early returns have been discouraging.
  30. Their purpose is similar to air raid lights discouraging attacking warplanes, and police said they have reduced traffic 95 percent to the buildings since September.
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