discouraged
discouraged — 形容詞
1. Feeling that something will not succeed or improve, which makes you want to stop
沮喪；氣餒
因失去信心或希望而低落
Feeling that something will not succeed or improve, which makes you want to stop putting effort into it.
After failing the driving test twice, Arjun felt too discouraged to sign up for another lesson.
Arjun 在兩次駕照考試都沒通過後，沮喪到沒有力氣再去報名上課。
too discouraged + to-infinitive pattern
The discouraged look on the children's faces told Jisoo that the field trip had been cancelled.
孩子們臉上沮喪的表情讓 Jisoo 明白校外教學被取消了。
attributive: discouraged + noun
Hassan refused to get discouraged by the harsh reviews and kept working on his novel.
Hassan 拒絕被嚴厲的評論弄得沮喪，繼續創作他的小說。
When the power went out yet again, the villagers looked discouraged but not defeated.
當電力再次中斷時，村民們看起來沮喪，但沒有被打倒。
Romi admitted she felt discouraged about her slow progress in learning Cantonese.
Romi 承認她對自己學習粵語進度緩慢感到很氣餒。
- disheartened
Very close in meaning, often used when hopes have been let down
- demoralized
Stronger — suggests a loss of fighting spirit, often after repeated setbacks
- dejected
Focuses more on a sad, low mood than on giving up effort
- encouraged
Having renewed hope or confidence
- hopeful
Optimistic that things will turn out well
文法句型
feel/get/look/become/seem + discouraged
discouraged + noun
too discouraged + to-infinitive
discouraged + about/by/at/with + noun phrase
用法筆記
Frequently used with linking verbs: feel, look, become, get, seem. The cause of discouragement typically appears after 'by', 'about', 'at', or 'with'. In attributive position (before a noun), it describes a person's expression or mood: a discouraged sigh, a discouraged voice.