Something disheartening makes you lose hope and the will to continue. This form describes the thing, the news, or the result — not the person who feels it.

Something disheartening令人洩氣的事makes you讓你lose hope and the will to continue失去希望和繼續下去的意志。This form這個詞describes說的是the thing, the news, or the result事情、消息，或結果not the person who feels it而不是感受到它的人。

A disheartening score, a disheartening silence, a disheartening number of empty seats.

A disheartening score令人洩氣的分數、a disheartening silence令人洩氣的沉默、a disheartening number of empty seats令人洩氣的一堆空位。

Same slightly careful register as the rest of the family: common in writing and in serious talk, a little heavy for the playground. Though actually, people use it for small everyday letdowns too, not only for big life blows; a tiny turnout can be called disheartening without anyone claiming the world has ended.

Same slightly careful register as the rest of the family和這個字族其他成員一樣，語氣稍微正式一點common in writing and in serious talk常出現在寫作和正式談話裡a little heavy for the playground用在小朋友玩耍的場合就顯得有點重。Though actually不過其實people use it for small everyday letdowns too, not only for big life blows這個字也常用在日常生活中的小小失望，不只是用在人生的重大打擊上a tiny turnout can be called disheartening without anyone claiming the world has ended一個小小的到場人數也可以說是disheartening，不代表有人真的覺得世界末日到了。

The important split is grammatical: you feel disheartened; the news is disheartening. English does this with many feeling words (bored / boring), and this pair works the same way.

The important split is grammatical重要的區別在文法上you feel disheartened你會覺得disheartened（洩氣）the news is disheartening而消息是disheartening（令人洩氣）的。English does this with many feeling words (bored / boring)英文有很多情緒詞都是這樣（像bored／boring）and this pair works the same way這一對字也是同樣的道理。