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单词 discourage
释义
discourage
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈskʌr.ɪdʒ/us
/dɪˈskɝː.ɪdʒ/

discourageverb[T](MAKE LESS CONFIDENT)

B2
to make someonefeellessconfident,enthusiastic, andpositiveabout something, or lesswillingto do something:
使泄气，给…泼冷水，使心灰意冷
Thethoughtof how muchworkshe had to do discouraged her.一想到还有那么多工作得做她就泄了气。
Opposite
encourage
More examples
  • Don'tletme discourage you if it's what youwantto do.
  • Hercriticismhad discouraged him.
  • Don'tlethercommentsdiscourage you.
  • It discouraged me tohearso littleenthusiasmfor theproject.
  • I don'twantto discourage her -merelyinjectanoteofrealism.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Discouraging and putting off
  • aversive
  • cold
  • daunt
  • daunting
  • deter
  • deterrence
  • discouraging
  • disempower
  • disempowering
  • dishearten
  • disheartening
  • emasculate
  • pour/throw cold water onsomethingidiom
  • put a spoke insomeone'swheelidiom
  • putsomethingoff
  • spoil
  • spoilsomeone'spartyidiom
  • spoke
  • throw
  • wind
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discourageverb[T](PREVENT)

B2
topreventortrytopreventsomethinghappeningor someone doing something, by making thingsdifficultorunpleasant, or byshowingdisapproval:
（试图）阻挠，为…设置障碍，阻止
acampaignto discouragepeoplefromsmoking阻止人们吸烟的运动
Theauthoritieshave puttankson thestreetsto discourage anyprotest.当局调动坦克上街以阻止抗议活动。
Opposite
encourage
More examples
  • We needtougherpenaltiesto discouragemiscreants.
  • Leaving anoutsidelighton afterdarkcan discourage apotentialburglar.
  • Policefiredrubberbulletstodispersethecrowdsand to discourage looters whoransackedshopsand setfiretocars.
  • A newcampaignisaimedat discouragingchildrenfromwatchingtoo muchtelevision.
  • Theshopemploysuniformedsecurityguardsto discourage shoplifters.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • hogtie
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • preventive
  • scuttle
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Related word

discouraging
(Definition ofdiscouragefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

discourage| American Dictionary

discourage
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈskɜr·ɪdʒ,-ˈskʌr-/

discourageverb[T](MAKE LESS CONFIDENT)

tocausesomeone tofeellessconfidentor lesshopeful:
She sometimes got discouraged about hersociallife, which was goingnowhere, shefelt.

discourageverb[T](PREVENT)

totrytopreventsomething fromhappeningor someone from doing something, or to have theeffectof making something lesslikely:
Wetriedto discourage him fromspendingso muchmoney.
Highertaxescould discouragebusinessinvestment.
Thetoughcompetitiondiscourages manyathletesfrom making aseriousattemptto make theOlympicteam.
(Definition ofdiscouragefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdiscourage

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Relations among peripheral groups are often competitive, a situation that may not be discouraged by the primate center.
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Reactions ranged from deliberately avoiding information to expressing the temptation not to gather information due to how discouraging it made the prognosis feel.
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Moreover, the procedural changes led to an ever-greater focalizing on the innovative activity and discouraged those applicants who presented grandiose but totally unrealistic projects.
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There was a second way in which social services systems potentially discouraged carers from having an assessment.
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Such practices should be discouraged as they will overestimate the role of certain foods in disease.
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As a result, the impaired limb is encouraged to steer while the unimpaired limb is actively discouraged.
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Occasional administration by staff who are not specifically trained in this procedure should be discouraged.
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Competition among asset managers is discouraged if their main function is to meet quantitative asset restrictions.
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Vehicles are strongly discouraged from approaching closer than 50 m from seals, and closer approaches should be on foot.
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Thus, an increase in 0 raises the fixed costs of learning and discourages switching.
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Therefore, weaker intellectual protection discourages the first kind of creativity to the advantage of the second.
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A policy environment had been established that discouraged savings and investment, and made rentseeking a basic requirement of daily survival.
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The ' institution of transfer ', in my view, should as far as possible be discouraged.
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Teachers are encouraged to do research; however, they are quickly discouraged from any sort of replication.
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However, there very likely is a scarcity of specie, which generates inefficiency and discourages production.
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