discourage

[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]
  • 释义
  • 阻拦;使灰心;

  • 词义辨析
  • discourage, deject, dishearten, dispirit
  • 这组词都有“削弱继续进行的力量或反抗的力量,或减少热情、利益、活动”的意思。它们的区别是:
    discourage不仅指失去信心、失去勇气,还指产生恐惧,减少鼓足勇气的一切力量; dishearten更强调灰心丧气,失去达到目的的毅力; dispirit强调失去欢乐和希望,出现起主宰作用的忧郁,也指个人或群众对他人的影响; deject语意比dispirit强,指失去欢乐和希望,因而意气沮丧,只用于个人。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.

    他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    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。

    柯林斯例句
  • 3、

    I have tried to discourage him from biting nails.

    我曾劝阻他不要咬指甲.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 4、

    Price caps can also discourage investment and innovation.

    价格封顶也会阻碍投资和创新.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 5、

    a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers

    劝阻青少年吸烟的运动

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 6、

    The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.

    不停的动乱和日常生活的平凡活动看来会阻碍或者至少会使人不能安静地集中思考.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 7、

    That certainly will discourage me from continuing to try.

    这肯定会让我泄气,不敢再说了.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 8、

    Low prices discourage industry.

    低物价妨碍工业发展.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 9、

    In many countries the taxsystem and the labour laws discourage companies from growing above acertain size.

    在很多国家税收系统和劳工法案限制公司的成长规模.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 10、

    People do not discourage this kind of petty work.

    人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止.

    ——辞典例句
  • 11、

    Don't let bad weather discourage you from claiming a targeted peak.

    不要让坏天气影响你实现目标.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 12、

    Try to discourage such familiarities from your subordinates.

    不要让属下对你这样不拘礼仪.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 13、

    Try to discourage him from driving back to San Francisco tonight.

    设法劝阻他今晚开车去旧金山.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 14、

    Since they love each other, there is no need for you to discourage them.

    他们两厢情愿, 你又何必阻拦呢?

    ——期刊摘选
  • 15、

    It's an infernal mischance; I've done my best to discourage it.

    这真是倒楣透顶的事; 我尽量地泼冷水.

    ——辞典例句
  • 16、

    His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.

    他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣,但他始终坚持。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 17、

    Parents should discourage smoking.

    做父母的应该设法阻止子女吸烟.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 18、

    You should discourage him from taking that trip.

    你应劝阻他去旅行.

    ——辞典例句
  • 19、

    The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.

    瑞士人想要阻止外资流入。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 20、

    I would discourage letting girls watch too much television.

    我不鼓励让孩子看太多电视.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 21、

    Ignore those who try to discourage you.

    漠视那些阻止你的人.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 22、

    Their culture and language discourage excellence.

    他们的文化和语言不鼓励出类拔萃.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 23、

    Frontlines aims to discourage such reckless neophyte abandon in a variety of ways.

    决战火线:燃料战争打算用各种各样的方阻止鲁莽的初学者.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 24、

    We discourage smoking in this school.

    在这所学校里我们劝阻吸烟.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 25、

    Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.

    尽管她没有回应他的感情, 她也没有使他丧失信心.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 26、

    Ms Worth hopes the pictures will discourage people from taking up smoking in the first place.

    沃斯女士希望这些图片,让人们在接触烟盒时就选择放弃.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 27、

    Don't let one failure discourage you.

    勿因一次失败而气馁.

    ——《简明英汉词典》