discourage

英[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]美[dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ]

v.阻拦，使灰心；

第三人称单数：discourages;

过去式：discouraged;

过去分词：discouraged;

现在分词：discouraging;

副词：discouragingly;

形容词：discouraged; discouraging;

例句

Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.尽管她没有回应他的感情，她也没有使他丧失信心。

I have tried to discourage him from biting nails.我曾劝阻他不要咬指甲。

We discourage smoking in this school.在这所学校里我们劝阻吸烟。

Don't let one failure discourage you.勿因一次失败而气馁。

Outlawing discrimination of any kind could discourage operators from investing to differentiate their networks.禁止任何形式的歧视可能降低网络管理商在网络分级方面的投资热情.

Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪.

Short of confiscating her birthday money , is there any way we can hope to discourage this?除了没收她的生日礼金, 还有什么方法能阻止她这么做 吗 ?

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。

It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.这真是倒楣透顶的事; 我尽量地泼冷水.

We should discourage extramarital affairs.我们应该遏止婚外情.

英语六级真题

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

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

The theory is that smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generations from starting in the first place.

Plain packaging discourages non-smokers from taking up smoking.

It may discourage rich people from space travel.

And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now.

Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation.

These should discourage retailers from wasteful practices that lead to the rejection of food on the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and losses in the home due to excessive purchasing by consumers

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.

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal c

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

使泄气;使灰心

If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.

例句

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.

例句

英汉词典释义

vt.

使气馁; 使沮丧；使泄气；使丧失信心

阻碍; 劝阻

英英词典释义

Verb

1. try to prevent; show opposition to;

2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;