discouraging
🇬🇧/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ/adjective [原级] 使人沮丧的；令人气馁的
Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes. 专家们早就认识到，这个令人沮丧的问题是由多种原因造成的。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 沮丧（discourage 的 ing 形式）；失去勇气
Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely. 她的批评使他完全丧失了信心。
