discourage
英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]
美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ]
v. 阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
过去分词：discouraged 过去式：discouraged 现在分词：discouraging 第三人称单数：discourages
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同义词辨析
discouragedaunt【导航词义：使泄气】
discouragev. 使灰心，使泄气
〔辨析〕
使某人失去信心或泄气。
〔例证〕
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？
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？
dauntv. 使气馁，使害怕
〔辨析〕
使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足，通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
depressdiscouragedishearten【导航词义：使沮丧】
depressv. 使沮丧，使抑郁
〔辨析〕
指使人心情不好、不高兴。
〔例证〕
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。
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
discouragev. 使泄气，使灰心
〔辨析〕
指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
disheartenv. 使沮丧，使灰心
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。
〔例证〕
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。
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。
牛津词典
verb
- 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。
- a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
- 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。
- Don't be discouraged by the first failure─try again!
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使泄气;使灰心
If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, 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。
- It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
- VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing 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 - ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动
- ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
英英释义
verb
- 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
- try to prevent
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- deprive of courage or hope
双语例句
- We discourage smoking in this school.
我们在这所学校劝阻吸烟。 - The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。 - 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。 - These barriers discourage domestic and foreign investment alike.
这些壁垒对国内和外国投资都有不利影响。 - Will this endorsement encourage or discourage the takeup of Agile practices in businesses today?
这样的宣传和支持，是否有利于敏捷实践在商业世界中推广和实施呢？ - Subsidies on rice exports by industrial countries also discourage higher production in low-cost countries.
各工业国对大米出口的补贴也抑制了低成本国家提高生产。 - We discourage waste of time on items irrelevant to the object of study.
我们避免把时间浪费在与研究对象无关的项目上。 - These fictions discourage some would-be entrepreneurs from giving it a go, and even influence policymakers.
这些虚构的东西让一些可能成为企业家的人失去了起步的勇气，甚至还影响了决策者。 - The methods he used to discourage poaching.
他用以阻止偷猎的办法。 - 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。