It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.

对每个人来说，没有工作都令人沮丧。

It is a dispiriting process.

这是个令人沮丧的过程。

the first dismal dispiriting days of November;

十一月开始的郁闷、 沮丧的几天；

And for some, that competition is 31 dispiriting.

对于一部分人，这样激烈的竞争让人沮丧。

All in all, the record of the past 200 years has been dispiriting.

总而言之，过去200年的历史让人心灰意冷。