discourage
美音:
[dıs´kə:rıdʒ
]英音:
[dıs´kə:rıdʒ
]vt.使气馁,阻碍
难易程度:
discourage为短语/超纲词汇
词频:5200
词形变化:
副词:discouragingly 名词:discourager 动词过去式:discouraged 过去分词:discouraged 现在分词:discouraging 第三人称单数:discourages 形容词:discourageable
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cord=heart(心)
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discourage
/dɪ'skʌrɪdʒ; dɪs`kɝɪdʒ/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (from doing sth) take away sb's confidence or hope of doing sth 使某人丧失(做某事的)信心; 使某人泄气
*Don't discourage her; she's doing her best. 别泄她的气, 她正尽力做呢.
2 (a) [Tn] try to stop (sth) 设法阻止(某事物)
*Parents should discourage smoking. 做父母的应该设法阻止子女吸烟.
(b) [Tn.pr] ~ sb from doing sth persuade sb not to do sth 劝某人不要做某事
*Parents should discourage their children from smoking. 做父母的应该劝子女不要吸烟.
discourage
v [T]to persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or bad
≠
encourage attempts to discourage illegal immigrationdiscourage sb from doing sth My father is a lawyer, and he discouraged me from entering the field.to make someone less confident or less willing to do something
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demoralize≠
encourage You should not let one failure discourage you.to make something less likely to happen
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encourage Aspirin may discourage tumour growth in some types of cancer.
HINT sense 1Do not say 'discourage someone to do something'. Say
discourage someone from doing something.
1. Don´t discourage her; she´s doing her best. 别泄她的气, 她正尽力做呢.
2. At one doorway a clerk physically blocked the entrance apparently to discourage our entry. 在一个入口处,一名营业员用身体挡住了大门,显然是想打消我们进去的念头。
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