| 单词 | discouraged |
| 释义 | discouraged (once / 710 pages) adj If you work and work on a project and never seem to make any progress, you may feel discouraged, meaning your enthusiasm and optimism have been replaced by doubt and negativity. If you’ve ever felt discouraged, you won’t be surprised to learn that the word’s French origins refer to courage that has being taken away. The adjective describes people who no longer feel that good things will happen, such as discouraged job-seekers, who despite sending hundreds of applications to prospective employers, never get any responses. They may have "lost the courage" to keep looking for work. WORD FAMILYdiscouraged: discouragedly, undiscouraged+/discourage: discouraged, discouragement, discourages, discouraging/discouragement: discouragements/discouraging: discouragingly USAGE EXAMPLESAnd like all Apple employees, he was discouraged from talking about his job with co-workers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) So I think maybe the offense kind of started getting a little discouraged a little bit. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Travel for campers and trailers in the affected areas was discouraged. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj lacking in resolution the accident left others discouraged about going there Syn irresolute uncertain how to act or proceed 2adj made less hopeful or enthusiastic felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem Syn demoralised, demoralized, disheartened pessimistic expecting the worst possible outcome |
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