discourage
英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]
美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ]
v. 阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
过去分词：discouraged 过去式：discouraged 现在分词：discouraging 第三人称单数：discourages
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同义词辨析
discouragedaunt【导航词义：使泄气】
discouragev. 使灰心，使泄气
〔辨析〕
使某人失去信心或泄气。
〔例证〕
One failure after another discouraged him a lot.
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
How can you let one failure discourage you?
你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢？
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
How can you let one failure discourage you?
你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢？
dauntv. 使气馁，使害怕
〔辨析〕
使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足，通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
He has never been daunted by difficulties.
他从未被困难吓倒过。
She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.
她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。
他从未被困难吓倒过。
She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.
她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。
depressdiscouragedishearten【导航词义：使沮丧】
depressv. 使沮丧，使抑郁
〔辨析〕
指使人心情不好、不高兴。
〔例证〕
Losing his job really depressed him.
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
丢了工作让他很沮丧。
That book depressed him.
那本书让他看得心情郁闷。
discouragev. 使泄气，使灰心
〔辨析〕
指使人失去信心或泄气，常可与 demoralize 换用。
〔例证〕
Don't let one failure discourage/demoralize you! You can do it!
别失败一次就灰心！你能行的！
She is easily discouraged/demoralized by obstacles.
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
别失败一次就灰心！你能行的！
She is easily discouraged/demoralized by obstacles.
她一遇到阻碍就泄气。
disheartenv. 使沮丧，使灰心
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，指使人失去希望和信心。
〔例证〕
Don't let the defeat dishearten you! Remember that Rome was not built in a day.
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。
不要因为失败而灰心！要知道成功不是一蹴而就的。
牛津词典
verb
- 阻拦；阻止；劝阻
to try to prevent sth or to prevent sb from doing sth, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it- a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
劝阻青少年吸烟的运动 - I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
我出门时开着灯以防夜盗闯入。 - His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
他的父母试图阻止他去当演员。
- a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers
- 使灰心；使泄气；使丧失信心
to make sb feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing sth- Don't be discouraged by the first failure─try again!
不要因第一次失败就灰心丧气——再试一次吧！ - The weather discouraged people from attending.
这天气使得人们不愿意出席。
- Don't be discouraged by the first failure─try again!
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使泄气;使灰心
If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.- It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
万事开头难，别因此而灰心。
- It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
- VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing it means to make them not want to do it.- ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风 - ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动
- ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
英英释义
verb
- admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- I warned him not to go too far
- I warn you against false assumptions
- She warned him to be quiet
- try to prevent
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- deprive of courage or hope
双语例句
- Their criticism did not discourage me. On the contrary, I worked even harder.
他们的批评并没有使我感到气馁，相反，我比以前更加努力了。 - I did nothing to discourage these rumors.
我没有办法阻止那些谣言。 - We discourage waste of time on items irrelevant to the object of study.
我们避免把时间浪费在与研究对象无关的项目上。 - It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
万事开头难，别因此而灰心。 - Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?
哪些人对你鼓励，哪些人令你泄气？ - We discourage smoking in this school.
我们在这所学校劝阻吸烟。 - However, we can't discourage for this and spoil what good we have done so far.
然而对次我们不能泄气，因为到目前为止我们做的还不错。 - Understand that you may make mistakes, but don't let them discourage you.
知道你可能犯错误，但不要让他们劝阻你。 - Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
很多父母觉得要孩子循规蹈矩是件很难的事情。 - The methods he used to discourage poaching.
他用以阻止偷猎的办法。