adj no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something = demoralized A lot of players get discouraged and quit.
1. Though the village was hit by a big flood the commune members were not discouraged. 村子虽然遭了严重水灾,可是社员们并不气馁。
2. Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost board; repeated the operation; did it again; compared the insignificant whitewashed strip with the far-reaching continent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down on a box discouraged. 他一边叹息,一边拿刷子在桶里蘸了一下,往栅栏高处一抹;接着又一蘸一抹地重复了两遍。他看了一眼刷白的一小条,又看了看那片待刷的无边大陆,垂头丧气地在一只箱子上坐了下来。
3. In no way discouraged, he insists the most important point to establish is that Imedeen actually works. 他毫不气馁,坚持说要确立的最重要的一点就是"伊美婷"实际上是有效的。