简单释义：

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n. 泄气；挫折；灰心；阻止

Web 气馁；沮丧；失望

变形：

"Plural Form：discouragements  "

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完整释义：

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n.

1.挫折
2.泄气;失去信心
3.气馁;失望;心灰意懒
4.阴暗失意的时刻

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例句：

1. A great degree of discouragement indeed would not have affected Sir Edw.
   更大的挫折对爱德华爵士也没有影响。

2. When someone is spiritually , emotionally, or physically drained, he or she becomes susceptible to discouragement.
   当一些人在属灵上、感情上或物质上枯竭时，他或她容易变得灰心。

3. Trying to manipulate the future like a marionette will increase instances of frustration, impatience, and discouragement.
   试图像牵线木偶一样控制未来将会提升遭受挫折、焦躁和沮丧的机会。

4. Feelings of failure, discouragement and injustice flooded my mind during the entire drive home.
   开车回家的一路上，挫折、沮丧和不公平的感觉一股脑儿涌上头顶。

5. When the Spirit of God speaks to us, it will not be a voice of discouragement.
   当圣灵向我们说话，祂不会说一些令我们灰心丧志的话。

6. and that her agitation, her doubts, her reluctance, her discouragement, had been all received as discouragement from herself.
   她的激动，她的疑虑，她的勉强，她的沮丧，全都被理解成发自她内心的沮丧。

7. That by itself is no discouragement: it means that the move started working even before it was formally announced.
   这本身并不令人气馁：它意味着此举在正式宣布之前就开始奏效了。

8. Over the years, I've debated whether the worst enemy is procrastination or discouragement.
   这么多年来，我一直在纠结最强的敌人是拖延还是气馁。