discourage
- vt.阻止;劝阻;使泄气;使灰心;阻拦;使丧失信心
派生词： discouraged adj.;discouraging adj.;discouragingly adv. 过去式： discouraged 现在分词： discouraging 过去分词： discouraged 第三人称单数： discourages
dis- 否定 + courage n.勇气
discourageverb
阻拦；阻止；劝阻
to try to prevent sth or to prevent sb from doing sth, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it
a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
劝阻青少年吸烟的运动
I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
我出门时开着灯以防夜盗闯入。
His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。
使灰心；使泄气；使丧失信心
to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth
Don't be discouraged by the first failure─try again!
不要因第一次失败就灰心丧气——再试一次吧！
The weather discouraged people from attending.
这天气使得人们不愿意出席。
Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult.
如果练习太难，学习者就可能感到很没信心。
a discouraging experience/response/result
令人泄气的经历 / 回答 / 结果
discourage
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VERB 使泄气;使灰心
If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
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She was determined not to be too discouraged.
她决心不过于气馁。
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Today's report is rather more discouraging for the economy.
今天的报道让人对经济更加丧失了信心。
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VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it....typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
verb
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- admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- I warned him not to go too far
- I warn you against false assumptions
- She warned him to be quiet
- Synonym: warn admonish monish
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- try to prevent;show opposition to
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- Synonym: deter
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- deprive of courage or hope;take away hope from;cause to feel discouraged
数据来源：WordNet
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The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money .
瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。
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This fee type is set primarily to discourage short-term investors .
设立赎回费首要目的在于阻止投资者短线炒卖。
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Don 't be discouraged by the first failure ─ try again !
不要因第一次失败就灰心丧气——再试一次吧！
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Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult .
如果练习太难，学习者就可能感到很没信心。
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Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely .
她的批评使他完全丧失了信心。
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Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely .
她批评的结果是使他完全丧失了信心。
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The height of the mountain did not discourage them .
山高并没有使他们泄气。
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The weather discouraged people from attending .
这天气使得人们不愿意出席。
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I leave a light on when I 'm out to discourage burglars .
我出门时开着灯以防夜盗闯入。
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Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour .
很多父母觉得要孩子循规蹈矩是件很难的事情。
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It may be difficult to do at first . Don 't let this discourage you .
万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
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They are discouraged from becoming close friends with foreigners .
他们被劝说不要和外国人密切交往。
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His parents tried to discourage his interest in music , but he persisted
他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣，但他始终坚持。
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He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth
他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。
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It was the only time she had ever discouraged him from dangerous activities and she regretted it thereafter .
那是她唯一一次劝他不要参加危险活动，说完以后她就后悔了。
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One failure after another discouraged him a lot .
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
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The flop of the novel discouraged the writer .
小说的失败让作者非常沮丧。
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She is easily discouraged / demoralized by obstacles .
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
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He wasn 't discouraged when they threw cold water on his ideas .
他们对他的想法泼冷水时，他并不泄气。
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Don 't be discouraged !; Don 't lose your heart !
不要灰心！
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He was discouraged in [ over ] his enterprise .
他对自己的事业感到泄气。
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Don 't be discouraged when you meet with difficulties .
碰到困难不要气馁。
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He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles .
他遇到困难和障碍很容易气馁。
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It 's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time .
成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。
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It 's just a temporary setback . Don 't be discouraged .
这不过是尺蠖之屈，不要泄气。
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Don 't be discouraged by failure or get dizzy with success .
不要因失败而灰心，也不要因成功而骄傲。
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I shouldn 't have made those discouraging remarks .
我不该说那些泄气话。
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He was not discouraged by failure .
失败并没有使他气短。
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The " unwanted American population " that is systematically discouraged by advertising-supported media is not small .
这种“多余的美国人”为数不少，靠广告维持生计的传播媒介故意冷落他们。
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The theory is that smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generations from starting in the first place .
该理论认为削弱吸烟的吸引力，从而劝阻下一代开始抽烟。
使某人失去信心或泄气。
One failure after another discouraged him a lot.
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
How can you let one failure discourage you?
你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢？
使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足，通常用被动语态。
He has never been daunted by difficulties.
他从未被困难吓倒过。
She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.
她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。
指使人心情不好、不高兴。
Losing his job really depressed him.
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。
Don't let one failure discourage/demoralize you! You can do it!
别失败一次就灰心！你能行的！
She is easily discouraged/demoralized by obstacles.
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。
Don't let the defeat dishearten you! Remember that Rome was not built in a day.
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。