discouragement 详细解释

discouragement

[dis'kə:ridʒmənt]

n.挫折

n.

1. 沮丧, 气馁, 泄气[U]

2. 使人泄气的事物[C]

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。

3. 阻止; 劝阻[U]

词形变化

形容词: discourageable | 副词: discouragingly | 名词: discourager | 动词过去式: discouraged | 动词过去分词: discouraged | 动词现在分词: discouraging | 动词第三人称单数: discourages |

词义辨析

同义参见:

damp  desperation  

反义:

n.沮丧; 气馁; 障碍

encouragement  

英英释义

名词 discouragement:

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

同义词:disheartenment, dismay

the expression of opposition and disapproval

the act of discouraging

补充

discouragementdiscouragement英:[disˈkʌridʒmənt] 美:[dɪˈskɚrɪdʒmənt, -ˈskʌr-]n.1.气馁,挫折,劝阻

例句

1. There was evidence of growing discouragement among activists.有证据表明积极分子的情绪越来越低迷。 2. He persevered despite discouragement from those around him.尽管周围一片劝阻声, 他还是锲而不舍。 3. Another discouragement, for a child without any linguistic ability, was the use of Irish as the medium of instruction in the school.对于没有任何语言能力的孩子而言, 另一件使人泄气的事情便是学校里用爱尔兰语教学。 4. Uncertainty is a discouragement to investment.不确定性令投资者裹足不前。 5. the government's discouragement of smoking政府劝阻人们不要吸烟的行动 6. the discouragement of drug use among teenagers对青少年吸毒的劝阻 7. He joined the army despite discouragement from his parents. [=despite being discouraged from joining by his parents]他不顾父母的阻拦参了军。 8. She expressed discouragement over the difficulty of finding a good job.她表示对克服困难找份好工作已失去信心。 9. The team's losses have left fans with a feeling of discouragement.球队的多次失利使球迷们感到失望。 10. He says that the tax is a discouragement to doing business in this state.他说在这个州经商纳税是一件让人挠头的事。 11. "Despite the discouragements of the past week, we need to continue moving forward."尽管上周有些令人沮丧的事,我们还是需要继续前进。