discouraging

There is nothing more discouraging than trying to create change in an environment that is not conducive to it.

在一个不利于做出改变的环境里努力要做改变是最气馁不过的事了。

That flow tends to keep long-term interest rates in the U. S. unnaturally low, discouraging Americans from saving.

这种流动有利于保持美国的长期利率不正常地偏低，从而导致美国人减少储蓄。

Then you think about how much work it will be, the risks you'll face, and other discouraging thoughts.

然而想想你要付出的努力，面临的风险和其他令人气馁的想法。

In 2005 I was in a bad place in my life with so many changes I needed to make that it was utterly overwhelming and discouraging.

在2005年，本人处于困境，生活中有太多事情需要去改善，这让我喘不过气，灰心丧气。

It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege.

上音的生活令人愉快，也令人感到有压力，有时甚至会感到泄气，但永远充满了挑战性。

And a financial transactions tax, by discouraging reliance on ultra-short-run financing, would have made such a run much less likely.

征收金融交易税降低对“超级短期出逃”金融的依赖，降低这种出逃的可能性。

One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year.

其中的一个前现代的附件，沮丧的做法是不具名假婴儿，直到他们幸存的第二个年头。

Discouraging transactions was frowned upon, especially at firms trying to push their way up capital-markets league tables.

疲软交易是令人难以接受的，尤其是各公司都在为资本市场排名而角力时。

'It was discouraging, ' he said, before quickly changing the subject.

阿基诺说，我很失望。然后很快就换了个话题。

The hukou system, which helps to keep wages uneven by discouraging labour mobility, is at least partly to blame.

户籍制度至少是导致这种局面的一部分原因，它阻碍了劳动力的流动，起到了维持城乡薪酬差异的作用。

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (made in MALAYSIA ), John decided to relax for a while.

又是沮丧而又一无所获的一天过去了，他检查了一下他的计算机（马来西亚造），约翰决定休息一会儿。

Against people casually say, let the other discouraging words, words of light to see each other.

随口说出打击人的话，让对方丧气的话，轻看对方的话。

For all that spending on schools, both secondary and primary, has shot up, outcomes on the younger front are discouraging too.

此外，尽管政府用于办学—不管是小学还是中学—的开支一路飙升，来自这些基础教育前线的战报也是同样的令人失望。

Yet, much news I got so far is quite negative and discouraging. The problem is age. From Chinese standard point I am an old man.

然而，目前我得到的一些消息很让自己失望。问题就是年龄。以中国人的标准来看我已经是一个老人了。

In effect, the tax would be an income tax with an exemption for savings, encouraging investment but discouraging spending sprees.

这种税实质上是一种收入税，但对用于储蓄的部分免征，从而达到鼓励投资、抑制疯狂支出的目的。

Training a herding dog requires walking a fine line between encouraging and discouraging a dog's natural drives.

训练放牧犬，需要在鼓励与阻止犬的天性驱力间，取得微妙的平衡。

Central bankers from Israel to Brazil spoke up in favour of discouraging bubbles and questioned the Fed's approach.

以色列和巴西央行均对制止泡沫的政策表示赞同并质疑美联储的做法。

At the current rate, dollar returns on soybean are said to be very discouraging to producers.

据说按目前汇率计算，大豆的美元回报率对生产者很难有吸引力。

If you travel to another country you don't know, getting lost can be very frustrating and discouraging.

如果你去一个陌生的国家旅行，迷路可能会让你很沮丧，很丧气。

Wednesday's data was the latest in a string of discouraging reports on home sales, consumer confidence and Midwest business activity.

周三公布的数据是最新一批令人失望数据的一部分，之前公布的房屋销售，消费者信心和中西部制造业等数据均不佳。