discourage

discourage

[dis'kʌridʒ]

vt.阻碍, 使气馁

例句与用法：

A new law has been brought in to discourage racial prejudice.

一项反对种族歧视的新法律已被提出。

Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.

不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪。

He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.

他遇到困难和阻碍就容易泄气。

Inflation discourages saving.

通货膨胀阻碍储蓄的积累。

I was never discouraged against learning English.

我从未对学习英语失去信心。

词形变化：

形容词: discourageable | 副词: discouragingly | 名词: discourager | 动词过去式: discouraged | 动词过去分词: discouraged | 动词现在分词: discouraging | 动词第三人称单数: discourages |

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vt.

1. 使泄气, 使沮丧

She was discouraged by setbacks.

她因挫折而灰心了。

Don't let one failure discourage you.

不要因为一次失败就泄气。

2. 劝阻; 打消[(+from)]

We discouraged him from giving up the job.

我们劝他不要放弃那份工作。

3. 阻挡, 防止[(+from)]

The rain discouraged us from going out.

雨打消了我们外出的念头。

4. 不允许

The principal discouraged unexcused absences.

校长不准无故缺课。