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dispiritingly
adverb
uk /dɪˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪŋ.li/ us /dɪˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪŋ.li/
in a way that causes you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem: （令人）气馁地，（令人）沮丧地
The whole situation seemed dispiritingly familiar.整个情况似乎令人沮丧地熟悉。
What could make him do such a thing? The answer, dispiritingly, is money.是什么能让他做出这样的事情呢？令人沮丧的是，答案是钱。
The movie's special effects are impressive, but the atmosphere remains dispiritingly flat.
All his shots went dispiritingly wide of the goal.
Their success proved dispiritingly short-lived.
Dispiritingly, only 30% of businesses so far have achieved the target.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not hopeful
a road to nowhereidiom
be in a funkidiom
be on a hiding to nothingidiom
be on the road to nowhereidiom
bleakly
bleakness
dispiritedly
dispiritedness
doom and gloom
doomed
doomster
downcast
hope
hopeless
hopelessly
hopelessness
lose heartidiom
undone
unhopeful
what are you going to do?idiom
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