Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement.
例句
It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.失业对每一个人来说都很懊丧。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. destructive of morale and self-reliance
2. causing dejection;
"a blue day""the dark days of the war""a week of rainy depressing weather""a disconsolate winter landscape""the first dismal dispiriting days of November""a dark gloomy day""grim rainy weather"