1. 使人沮丧的：HBOS 苏格兰哈里法克斯银行 | disheartening 使人沮丧的 | discernible adj.可辨别的
2. 令人心痛的：Disheartening 令人心痛的 | Stepping stone 起步石 | Seek out 找出、找到(某人)
1. Costa said that although the scale of Afghanistan's cultivation was disheartening, the survey found evidence that preconditions for change were slowly being put in place.
2. disheartening
2. While Kong's bad mouth and obduracy is a tragedy, what's even more disheartening is the widespread support he receives.
3. Disheartening as it is, many eventually give up the idea that they will ever marry.
4. " This year's situation is rather disheartening, " he complained.
5. But this optimism should not prevent us from seeing the disheartening truth on display at the micro level.
6. The grim foreign trade outlook is further dampened by a disheartening overall economic situation.
7. By October, the US military said the operation had not met expectations and the situation was disheartening.
8. I hope the talks at the next Chinese New Year dinner will be less disheartening.
adj
1. destructive of morale and self-reliance
Synonym: demoralizing demoralising dispiriting