第三人称单数：discourages
现在分词：discouraging
过去分词：discouraged
过去式：discouraged
及物动词劝阻; 阻碍; 使气馁; 使沮丧
及物动词
1. The rain discouraged us from going out.
雨打消了我们外出的念头。
2. Don't let one failure discourage you.
不要因为一次失败就泄气。
3. The school teachers discourage smoking.
学校老师不赞成吸烟。
4. Don't let one failure discourage you, try again.
不要因为一次失败就气馁，再试一试看。
5. We discouraged him from giving up the job.
我们劝他不要放弃那份工作。
1. 使气馁：disclose 揭露 | discourage 使气馁 | diversify 使多样化
2. 阻止,使沮丧,妨碍：discount 折扣 | discourage 阻止,使沮丧,妨碍 | discourse 演沟,谈话,论文
3. 使沮丧：dislike不喜欢 | discourage使沮丧 | dread可怕
1. 使泄气;使灰心
If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
e.g. 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。
2. 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.
e.g. ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
e.g. ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动
1. A growing number of widows and widowers in China are challenging the traditional ideas that discourage single senior citizens from looking for partners.
2. In a bid to discourage the use of wooden chopsticks and protect timber resources, the government imposed a 5 percent consumption tax on them in April.
3. To help discourage the use of wooden chopsticks and protect timber resources, the government imposed a 5 percent consumption tax on their use in April 2007.
4. Some people continue to discourage women from setting higher goals in their chosen professions, especially in sciences.
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5. The card would protect public services and discourage clandestine entry and organized fraud, he said.
6. Steep ticket prices frequently prevent classical music lovers from attending concerts in China and discourage interest in great music from the West.
7. Beijing authorities are to raise downtown parking fees by 150 percent to discourage motorists from driving into the congested city center.
8. So the exporters granted market economy treatment benefit from a considerable cost saving that might otherwise discourage them from continuing to trade in the EU.
9. China has applied a raft of measures to rein in property investment, including interest rate rises and rules to discourage construction of luxury homes.
10. Export tax rebates have been scrapped or reduced while natural resources were taxed more to discourage enterprises that consume high energy and resources.
verb
1. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
e.g. I warned him not to go too far
I warn you against false assumptions
She warned him to be quiet
2. try to prevent
show opposition to
e.g. We should discourage this practice among our youth
Synonym: deter
3. deprive of courage or hope
take away hope from
cause to feel discouraged