Discouragement
[dɪs'kʌrɪdʒm(ə)nt] or [dɪs'kɝɪdʒmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of discouraging; 'the discouragement of petty theft'.
(noun.) the expression of opposition and disapproval.
(noun.) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles.
手打:威尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
(n.) 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.
安东尼編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1].Disheartening.[2].Dissuasion, dehortation, counter influence.[3].Embarrassment, hinderance, obstacle, impediment, damper, wet blanket, cold water.
校對:迈拉
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ENCOURAGE]
編輯:洛娜
例句/造句/用法:
- No incitement to the attention of the sovereign can ever counterbalance the smallest discouragement to that of the landlord. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Arduous work was at once resumed at home on duplex and quadruplex telegraphy, just as though there had been no intermission or discouragement over dots twenty-seven feet long. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Agriculture, therefore, can support itself under the discouragement of a confined market much better than manufactures. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mostly these men have worked against great discouragement, with insufficient funds and small help or support from the mass of mankind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Dorothea, submitting uneasily to this discouragement, went with Celia into the library, which was her usual drawing-room. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It would have been too great a discouragement to the cultivation of that plant in Great Britain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And next to the discouragement of solitary self-torture it is Benedict's distinction that he insisted upon hard work. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Notwithstanding the success of his machine, which on public exhibition beat five of the swiftest hand sewers, he met only discouragement and disappointment. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Italian, Spanish and German brought similar discouragement. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With characteristic pertinacity, Mr. Lowrey stood by the inventor through thick and thin, in spite of doubt, discouragement, and ridicule, until at last success crowned his efforts. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Under all these discouragements, little improvement could be expected from the occupiers of land. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Her heart was set on performing her promise to Tom and Aunt Chloe, and she sighed as discouragements thickened around her. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I expect to work with both hands,--to work _hard_; to work against all sorts of difficulties and discouragements; and to work till I die. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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