Discouraging

(adj.) depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; 'where never is heard a discouraging word' .

(adj.) expressing disapproval .

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• Particularly significant are the stories that represent him as discouraging extreme mortification. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He would listen to the most pathetic appeals with the most discouraging politeness and equanimity. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Barlow was thus arriving at his discouraging conclusion, Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• All this news was very discouraging. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• On this day (18th) the news was almost as discouraging to us as it had been two days before in the rebel capital. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• However, I hadn't any; and that part of the work is, at first, a little discouraging, I must allow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I confess you led me to hope for a less discouraging answer than that, I said. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It was met by the same discouraging answer Mr. Dempster had not set eyes on the stranger of whom we were in search. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This might have been discouraging to some people; but, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, nothing discourages Me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• All these failures would have been very discouraging if I had expected much from the efforts; but I had not. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If a nation's destiny were really bound up with the politics reported in newspapers, the impasse would be discouraging. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• All the way up he has had discouraging experiences. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was very discouraging. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is like the policy which would promote agriculture, by discouraging manufactures. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In spite of this discouraging mishap the engineers and others present felt confidence in the aeroplane's power to fly. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• They must be gently requested not to abuse hell; they may be reminded that their stories are both untrue and discouraging. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I tugged at it diligently, but it was discouraging work. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Yet these inversions, though discouraging, are not essential in the life of movements. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Leaving the others to console Beth, she departed to the kitchen, which was in a most discouraging state of confusion. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Mary, if you've got something discouraging to tell me, I shall bolt; I shall go into the house to Mr. Garth. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• My publishers gave me a most discouraging account of its sale. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• In that minute, however, he contrived to dispose--in the most discouraging manner--of all the questions I had to put to him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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