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discourage

美音:[dıs´kə:rıdʒ ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.使气馁,阻碍

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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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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 immigration
discourage 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
= demoralize
encourage
 You should not let one failure discourage you.
to make something less likely to happen
encourage
 Aspirin may discourage tumour growth in some types of cancer.
HINT sense 1
Do 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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