vt. 使气馁; 使沮丧 lessen or take away the courage or confidence
vt. 阻碍; 劝阻 put difficulties in one's way; make sth seem not worthwhile; try to persuade sb not to do it
英英释义
Verb
try to prevent; show opposition to;
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
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"
组词搭配
~+名词
discourage the use of sth使某物的使用受到限制
~+副词
discourage deeply深深地沮丧
discourage distinctly明显地阻碍
discourage entirely完全地阻碍
discourage heartbreakingly心碎地沮丧
discourage pathetically非常沮丧
discourage permanently永久地沮丧
discourage profoundly深刻地沮丧
discourage unreasonably缺乏理智地沮丧
discourage wisely明智地阻碍
~+介词
discourage by difficulties因困难而泄气
discourage ...from阻碍,劝阻,使…不能
discourage in sth对某事失去信心
discourage with life对生活失去了信心
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
Inflation discourages saving.通货膨胀阻碍储蓄的积累。
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。
I was never discouraged against learning English.我从未对学习英语失去信心。
He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.他遇到困难和阻碍就容易泄气。
词语用法
v.(动词)courage的意思是“勇气”,前缀dis-的意思是not。discourage的基本意思是“使气馁,使沮丧”,指人失去信心、失去勇气,产生恐惧,减少鼓足勇气的一切力量,主要用作及物动词,其宾语主要是人。 discourage引申可作“劝阻”解,指对别人的某一举动进行劝阻,希望其能够接受,但这种劝阻或阻止未必一定会成功,如果劝阻无效,则可在discourage前加上want to, mean to, try to等。