（形容词）令人沮丧的；使人泄气的；让人失去信心的。（常指消息、经历或氛围让人感到灰心。）
/ dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ /
The long delay was dispiriting.
漫长的拖延令人沮丧。
Although the team had trained hard, the dispiriting defeat made it difficult to stay motivated for the next match.
尽管球队刻苦训练，那场令人泄气的失利仍让大家很难为下一场比赛保持动力。
dispiriting 来自动词 dispir it（使失去精神/勇气），由前缀 **dis-**（否定、去除）+ spirit（精神、勇气）构成；后缀 -ing 形成形容词，表示“使人……的”。
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