discourage 英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]   美 [dɪsˈkɜrɪdʒ]

discourage

discourage  英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ] 美 [dɪsˈkɜrɪdʒ]

vt. 阻止;使灰心 

进行时:discouraging  过去式:discouraged  过去分词:discouraged  第三人称单数:discourages 

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。

  • If your friend is thinking about quitting her job and moving to the Peruvian Andes to raise llamas, you might discourage her by pointing out that she’s allergic to llamas and also afraid of heights.
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  • vt. 阻止;使灰心
  • 1. a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers

    劝阻青少年吸烟的运动

  • 2. 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。

  • 3. His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.

    他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。

  • 4. Don't be discouraged by the first failure—try again!

    这才是第一次失败,别灰心丧气,再试一次吧!

  • 5. The weather discouraged people from attending.

    这天气使得人们不愿到场出席。

  • 6. Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult.

    如果练习太难,学习者就可能感到没信心。

  • 7. a discouraging experience,

    令人泄气的经历

  • discourage (v.) mid-15c., discoragen, from Middle French descourager, from Old French descoragier, from des- "away" (see dis-) + corage (see courage). Related: Discouraged; discouragement; discouraging.
dis·cour·age / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ / verb 1 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 阻拦;阻止;劝阻 discourage(doing) sth a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers 劝阻青少年吸烟的运动 discouragesb 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。 discouragesb from doing sth His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor. 他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。 2 to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth 使灰心;使泄气;使丧失信心 SYN dishearten discouragesb Don't be discouraged by the first failure—try again! 这才是第一次失败,别灰心丧气,再试一次吧! discouragesb from doing sth The weather discouraged people from attending. 这天气使得人们不愿到场出席。 OPP encourage dis·cour·aged / ; NAmE / adjective [not usually before noun ] SYN disheartened Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult. 如果练习太难,学习者就可能感到没信心。 dis·cour·aging / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ / adjective a discouraging experience/response/result 令人泄气的经历╱回答╱结果 dis·cour·aging·ly / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli / adverb discourage discourages discouraged discouraging dis·cour·age / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ / dis·cour·aged / ; NAmE / dis·cour·aging / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ / dis·cour·aging·ly / dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋli ; NAmE dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋli /
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