discourage
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions. 使氣餒
It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you. 開始時做起來也許比較困難。不要讓這個泄你的氣。
2. discouragedADJ 氣餒的
She was determined not to be too discouraged. 她下了決心不要太氣餒。
3. V-T To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it. 阻攔
...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities. …打消購物和休閑活動的念頭的數(shù)起臺風。
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discourage /d?s?k?r?d?/ (discouraging,discouraged,discourages)
劍橋詞典
- Don't let me discourage you if it's what you want to do.
- Her criticism had discouraged him.
- Don't let her comments discourage you.
- It discouraged me to hear so little enthusiasm for the project .
- I don't want to discourage her - merely inject a note of realism .
- We need tougher penalties to discourage miscreants .
- Leaving an outside light on after dark can discourage a potential burglar .
- Police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowds and to discourage looters who ransacked shops and set fire to cars .
- A new campaign is aimed at discouraging children from watching too much television .
- The shop employs uniformed security guards to discourage shoplifters. 返回 discourage
discourage verb [T] (MAKE LESS CONFIDENT)
to make someone feel less confident , enthusiastic , and positive about something, or less willing to do something使泄氣，給…潑冷水，使心灰意冷
The thought of how much work she had to do discouraged her. 一想到還有那么多工作得做她就泄了氣。
反義詞
encourage
例句
discourage verb [T] (PREVENT)
to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something, by making things difficult or unpleasant , or by showing disapproval（試圖）阻撓，為…設置障礙，阻止
a campaign to discourage people from smoking 阻止人們吸煙的運動
The authorities have put tanks on the streets to discourage any protest . 當局調(diào)動坦克上街以阻止抗議活動。
反義詞
encourage
例句