discouraged

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒd]英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd]
  • v.阻止;劝阻;使泄气;使灰心;阻拦;使丧失信心;discourage的过去分词和过去式
  • adj.泄气的;心灰意冷的
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  • 1
    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。

  • She was determined not to be too discouraged.

    她决心不过于气馁。

  • 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。

  • 4
    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

adj

1
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
desperate demoralized people looking for work
felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
Synonym: demoralized demoralised disheartened
2
lacking in resolution
the accident left others discouraged about going there

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  1. The court was apparently concerned that the power to tax implied the authority to make broad policy judgments about whether certain private activities should be encouraged by subsidies , or discouraged by high taxes .

    显然,法院担心,征税权暗示做出广泛的政策评断的权力,如决定特定的私人活动是否应通过补贴给予鼓励或通过高税额给予阻拦。

  2. The wet weather discouraged people from going to the theatre .

    雨天阻止人们去看戏。

  3. 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!

  4. 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。

  5. The height of the mountain did not discourage them .

    山高并没有使他们泄气。

  6. The weather discouraged people from attending .

    这天气使得人们不愿意出席。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money .

    瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。

  11. They are discouraged from becoming close friends with foreigners .

    他们被劝说不要和外国人密切交往。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. One failure after another discouraged him a lot .

    接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。

  16. The flop of the novel discouraged the writer .

    小说的失败让作者非常沮丧。

  17. She is easily discouraged / demoralized by obstacles .

    她一遇到阻碍就泄气。

  18. 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。

  19. Don 't be discouraged !; Don 't lose your heart !

    不要灰心!

  20. He was discouraged in [ over ] his enterprise .

    他对自己的事业感到泄气。

  21. Don 't be discouraged when you meet with difficulties .

    碰到困难不要气馁。

  22. He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles .

    他遇到困难和障碍很容易气馁。

  23. It 's just a temporary setback . Don 't be discouraged .

    这不过是尺蠖之屈,不要泄气。

  24. 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。

  25. He was not discouraged by failure .

    失败并没有使他气短。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. He says that more openness in science could help to discourage what some perceive as a common practice of shutting out early-career scientists ' requests for data .

    他说,科学上更加开放能够帮助打击一些人已经习以为常的对年轻科学家使用数据的请求拒之门外的风气。

  29. Notwithstanding   important   recent   progressin   developing   renewable   fuel   sources ,   low   fossil   fuel   prices   could   discourage   further   innovation in ,   and   adoption   of ,   cleaner   energy   technologies .

    尽管近期在开发可再生燃料方面取得重大突破,但是化石燃料价格走低可能会阻碍更清洁能源技术的进一步创新和使用。

  30. A fixed mind-set can also hinder communication and progress in the workplace and discourage or ignore constructive criticism and advice .

    固定的思维模式也会阻碍职场中的沟通和进步,影响或忽视建设性的批评和建议。